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Re: Consider changing CONFIG_ACPI default on ARM?


  • To: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 10:14:42 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:14:48 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 14.08.2025 23:27, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> On 8/14/25 02:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 06.08.2025 06:30, Elliott Mitchell wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 10:01:13PM +0200, Paul Leiber wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I don't have a direct answer to the question (as is so often
>>>> the case, due to my limited knowledge and experience). However, I am
>>>> successfully running Xen on a RPi 4 (mostly, except for some VLAN related
>>>> networking issues).
>>>>
>>>> I used instructions in [1] to install vanilla Debian on the RPi, including
>>>> UEFI boot and grub. I then compiled Xen with expert options and ACPI
>>>> enabled.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if there are better solutions. For example, I suffer from the
>>>> fact that I2C doesn't work when using UEFI boot on a RPi. Nowadays, Debian
>>>> provides their own vanilla Debian images for RPi and with working I2C, but
>>>> these images are using a different boot method that I didn't know how to 
>>>> use
>>>> with Xen.  So far, the procedure described above seems to be the easiest
>>>> solution for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>> [1] https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=282839
>>>>
>>>> Am 30.06.2025 um 12:35 schrieb Sumit Semwal:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just begun to experiment with the Raspberry Pi 5, trying to run a
>>>>> simple xen + Dom0 setup, using uBoot, and the bookworm based Rpi
>>>>> distro.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried combinations of the following setup:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. prebuilt Rpi5 kernel + dtbs, and have also tried to build them from
>>>>> source [1]
>>>>> 2. Xen from upstream [2] and xen-troops [3]
>>>>> 3. upstream uBoot from [4]
>>>>>
>>>>> but with the same result: [short log below; I can provide a fuller log
>>>>> if needed]
>>>>>
>>>>> (XEN) DT: ** translation for device /axi/msi-controller@1000130000 **
>>>>> (XEN) DT: bus is default (na=2, ns=2) on /axi
>>>>> (XEN) DT: translating address:<3> 000000ff<3> fffff000<3>
>>>>> (XEN) DT: parent bus is default (na=2, ns=1) on /
>>>>> (XEN) DT: walking ranges...
>>>>> (XEN) DT: default map, cp=0, s=1000000000, da=fffffff000
>>>>> (XEN) DT: default map, cp=1000000000, s=100000000, da=fffffff000
>>>>> (XEN) DT: default map, cp=1400000000, s=400000000, da=fffffff000
>>>>> (XEN) DT: default map, cp=1800000000, s=400000000, da=fffffff000
>>>>> (XEN) DT: default map, cp=1c00000000, s=400000000, da=fffffff000
>>>>> (XEN) DT: not found !
>>>>> (XEN) Unable to retrieve address 1 for /axi/msi-controller@1000130000
>>>>> (XEN) Device tree generation failed (-22).
>>>>> (XEN) debugtrace_dump() global buffer starting
>>>>> 1 cpupool_create(pool=0,sched=6)
>>>>> 2 Created cpupool 0 with scheduler SMP Credit Scheduler rev2 (credit2)
>>>>> 3 cpupool_add_domain(dom=0,pool=0) n_dom 1 rc 0
>>>>> (XEN) wrap: 0
>>>>> (XEN) debugtrace_dump() global buffer finished
>>>>> (XEN)
>>>>> (XEN) ****************************************
>>>>> (XEN) Panic on CPU 0:
>>>>> (XEN) Could not set up DOM0 guest OS (rc = -22)
>>>>> (XEN) ****************************************
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm certain I'm missing something, but before I delve deeper, I just
>>>>> wanted to ask if this is a known issue, and if so, are there any
>>>>> workarounds or solutions available for this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help about this is highly appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks and Best regards,
>>>>> Sumit.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]:  https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux rpi-6.12.y branch
>>>>> [2]: git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git - main branch
>>>>> [3] xen-troops https://github.com/xen-troops/xen - rpi5_dev branch
>>>>> [4]: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot.git master branch
>>>
>>> Ultimately Debian is choosing to leave most defaults alone.  So far the
>>> Xen developers have left CONFIG_ACPI defaulting to off on ARM*.  The
>>> Debian project doesn't have paid people to support Raspberry PI hardware,
>>> despite being rather common.  As a result there aren't any official
>>> Raspberry PI images, but people associated with Tianocore have gotten
>>> generic images to boot on Raspberry PI hardware.
>>>
>>> I'm unsure of the likelihood of getting the Debian maintainers to
>>> override the default.  Yet due being by far the simplest way to install
>>> Debian and Xen on a very common ARM64 platform, perhaps the Xen
>>> developers should consider changing?
>>
>> In an open source project everyone is a developer. There is a
>> significant amount of work someone needs to pick up to change this
>> SUPPORT.md entry:
>>
>> ### Host ACPI (via Domain 0)
>>
>>     Status, x86 PV: Supported
>>     Status, ARM: Experimental
>>
>> Parties interested in changing the support status of any component are the
>> primary candidates to actually carry out the necessary work.
> 
> What is that work?

To determine what exactly needs doing is part of the exercise. I, for one, am
unaware of a concrete written down set of things which need doing.

Jan



 


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