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Re: [Xen-devel] [Query] Xen nomenclature mapping to ARMv7



At 18:16 +0530 on 04 Oct (1380910571), Mj Embd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was debugging a problem and got confused into gmfn, gpfn, mfn.
> 
> There are 4 addresses when running a VM on arm
> (a) Guest Virtual
> (b) Guest Physical
> (c) IPA
> (d) Real Physical.
> 
> MFN is AFAIK is (d). Not able to map gmfn and gpn to (a)(b)(c).

On ARM, MFN is (d); GFN is (c) (== (b) too, I think).   

GMFN and GPFN are older terms that aren't consistently used, and we
really ought to get rid of them.  Please don't use them in new code.
On ARM they'll also mean (c).

Tim.

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