On 26 April 2013 14:14, Andre Przywara <andre.przyw...@linaro.org> wrote: > ARM CPUs with the virtualization extension have a new mode called > HYP mode, which allows hypervisors to safely control and monitor > guests. The current hypervisor (KVM and Xen) implementations > require the kernel to be entered in that HYP mode. > > This patch series introduces a new U-Boot command called "hypmode" > which can be used at any time at the U-Boot command prompt to > switch the CPU into HYP mode - ideally this would be done before > starting the kernel.
The obvious question here is "why do we need a new command?". The kernel booting specification says "boot the kernel in Hyp mode" so we should just always do that for booting Linux, surely? thanks -- PMM _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
