Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC 21/22] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-06-05 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 17:00 +0100, Julien Grall wrote: > >> diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > >> index 648ca08..b033c0b 100644 > >> --- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > >> +++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c > >> @@ -1298,6 +1298,18 @@ static void parse_config_data(const cha

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC 21/22] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-06-05 Thread Julien Grall
On 05/06/15 13:42, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 14:29 +0100, Julien Grall wrote: >> A platform may have a GIC compatible with previous version of the >> device. >> >> This is allow to virtualize an unmodified OS on new hardware if the GIC >> is compatible with older version. >> >> Wh

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC 21/22] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-06-05 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 14:29 +0100, Julien Grall wrote: > A platform may have a GIC compatible with previous version of the > device. > > This is allow to virtualize an unmodified OS on new hardware if the GIC > is compatible with older version. > > When a guest is created, the vGIC will emulate s

[Xen-devel] [RFC 21/22] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-05-08 Thread Julien Grall
A platform may have a GIC compatible with previous version of the device. This is allow to virtualize an unmodified OS on new hardware if the GIC is compatible with older version. When a guest is created, the vGIC will emulate same version as the hardware. Although, the user can specify in the co