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Re: [PATCH] xen/arm, xen/common: Add Kconfig option to control Dom0 boot


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Oleksii Moisieiev <Oleksii_Moisieiev@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:48:16 +0000
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH] xen/arm, xen/common: Add Kconfig option to control Dom0 boot


On 23/07/2025 18:04, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 23.07.2025 16:33, Oleksii Moisieiev wrote:
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> On 23/07/2025 17:27, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 23.07.2025 16:05, Oleksii Moisieiev wrote:
>>>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ config ARM
>>>>            select HAS_ALTERNATIVE if HAS_VMAP
>>>>            select HAS_DEVICE_TREE
>>>>            select HAS_DOM0LESS
>>>> +  select HAS_DOM0
>>> This wants to move one line up, for the set to remain sorted. But see below.
>>>
>>>> --- a/xen/common/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/xen/common/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ config DOM0LESS_BOOT
>>>>              Xen boot without the need of a control domain (Dom0), which 
>>>> could be
>>>>              present anyway.
>>>>    
>>>> +config DOM0_BOOT
>>>> +  bool "Dom0 boot support" if EXPERT
>>>> +  depends on HAS_DOM0 && HAS_DEVICE_TREE && DOMAIN_BUILD_HELPERS
>>>> +  default y
>>>> +  help
>>>> +    Dom0 boot support enables Xen to boot to the control domain (Dom0) and
>>>> +    manage domU guests using the Xen toolstack with provided 
>>>> configurations.
>>> What about non-Arm? x86 has a Dom0 too, but doesn't select HAS_DOM0. It
>>> actually requires a Dom0 for now, so to me HAS_DOM0 is a misnomer. Maybe
>>> HAS_OPTIONAL_DOM0?
>> Right now DOM0_BOOT is the only option for x86 so I've made the changes
>> only for arm.
> But this aspect of x86 isn't reflected in the option properties above. Imo
> at this point x86 should have this option set to Y unconditionally.
>
> Jan

Fair enough. However, this will result in an empty configuration for now 
on x86.
I can add it if you’re okay with that.
--
Oleksii

 


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