Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 14/15] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-06-30 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Ian, On 30/06/15 14:06, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 10:34 +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.

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 14/15] arm: Allow the user to specify the GIC version

2015-06-30 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2015-06-26 at 10:34 +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