On Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 03:01:58AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Roman Kisel <rom...@linux.microsoft.com> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2024 
> 3:59 PM
> > 
> > Kconfig dependencies for arm64 guests on Hyper-V require that be ACPI 
> > enabled,
> > and limit VTL mode to x86/x64. To enable VTL mode on arm64 as well, update 
> > the
> > dependencies. Since VTL mode requires DeviceTree instead of ACPI, don't 
> > require
> > arm64 guests on Hyper-V to have ACPI.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Kisel <rom...@linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/hv/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/hv/Kconfig b/drivers/hv/Kconfig
> > index 862c47b191af..a5cd1365e248 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hv/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/hv/Kconfig
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ menu "Microsoft Hyper-V guest support"
> >  config HYPERV
> >     tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V client drivers"
> >     depends on (X86 && X86_LOCAL_APIC && HYPERVISOR_GUEST) \
> > -           || (ACPI && ARM64 && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)
> > +           || (ARM64 && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)
> >     select PARAVIRT
> >     select X86_HV_CALLBACK_VECTOR if X86
> >     select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE if OF
> > @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config HYPERV
> > 
> >  config HYPERV_VTL_MODE
> >     bool "Enable Linux to boot in VTL context"
> > -   depends on X86_64 && HYPERV
> > +   depends on HYPERV
> >     depends on SMP
> >     default n
> >     help
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config HYPERV_VTL_MODE
> > 
> >       Select this option to build a Linux kernel to run at a VTL other than
> >       the normal VTL0, which currently is only VTL2.  This option
> > -     initializes the x86 platform for VTL2, and adds the ability to boot
> > +     initializes the kernel to run in VTL2, and adds the ability to boot
> >       secondary CPUs directly into 64-bit context as required for VTLs other
> >       than 0.  A kernel built with this option must run at VTL2, and will
> >       not run as a normal guest.
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> > 
> 
> In v2 of this patch, I suggested [1] making a couple additional minor changes
> so that kernels built *without* HYPER_VTL_MODE would still require
> ACPI.  Did that suggestion not work out?  If that's the case, I'm curious
> about what goes wrong.

Hi Michael/Roman,
I was considering making HYPERV_VTL_MODE depend on CONFIG_OF. That should 
address
above concern as well. Do you see any potential issue with it.

- Saurabh

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