Re: [Xen-devel] virtualization Android OS + XEN.

[anshul makkar <anshulmakkar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Stefano, got your point..

Anshul Makkar

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Stefano Stabellini
<stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One thing to watch out for is whether the bootloader (I am guessing
> u-boot) boots in HYP mode, SVC mode or secure SVC mode.
>
> HYP mode is what we want.
> From secure SVC mode we can go into HYP mode, so that would still be OK.
> If u-boot boots the platform in non-secure SVC mode, then Xen cannot run
> on it.
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2014, anshul makkar wrote:
>> Hi Julien,
>>
>> Thanks for the information.
>>
>> I am looking for Cubietruck or Cubieboard 2 with Allwinner A20
>> processor but at present its not available in Germany. Any information
>> about support/testing of XEN on A20-OLinuXino board
>> (https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A20/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO-4GB/open-source-hardware),
>> as I am planning to buy it as an alternative to Cubieboard. If at
>> present XEN support is not therefor OLinuXindo, do you see any issues
>> in supporting it ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Anshul Makkar
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > On 08/07/2014 10:44 AM, anshul makkar wrote:
>> >> Thanks Leonardo and Stefano.
>> >>
>> >> The information you shared is really helpful to get me started and get
>> >> basic understanding of where Xen stands in its support for ARM.
>> >>
>> >> Below is my understanding, request your help to correct me if I am wrong.
>> >>
>> >> 1) XEN support for the ARM processor where hardware virtualization is
>> >> not supported is not there.
>> >>
>> >> 2) Presently XEN port has been tested  on the following cards.
>> >>
>> >>   * The Cortex A15 Real-time System Model's provided by ARM
>> >>   * A Cortex-A15 Processor running on the Versatile Express
>> >>   * The Arndale board
>> >>   * The Calxeda ECX-2000 (aka Midway) server
>> >>   * Allwinner A20/A31 boards
>> >
>> > Porting Xen to a new board it's only a matter of a hundred lines if your
>> > platform support virtualization.
>> >
>> >> I have Odroid Cortex A9 board, which doesn't have hardware
>> >> virtualization. So for sure XEN can't be ported on that.
>> >>
>> >> Any idea or test results for Cortex A15 board (ODroidXU3 ) provided by
>> >> ODroid. Whether this board is supported or not ?
>> >
>> > There is some on-going work to upstream support for ODroid XU.
>> >
>> > You can give a look here:
>> >
>> > http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2014-07/msg03363.html
>> >
>> >> Please can you share some other board models that are cheap and
>> >> supported by XEN ARM. What I have found on net is that all boards having
>> >> Cortex A15 and hardware virtualization support, so that they are
>> >> compatible with XEN, are quite expensive.
>> >
>> > The Cubietruck is supported by Xen. IIRC, the price is less 100$.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Julien Grall
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Anshul Makkar
>> www.justkernel.com
>> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Just-Kernel-3033180
>>



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Thanks
Anshul Makkar
www.justkernel.com
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Just-Kernel-3033180

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