Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project

Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project

[Stefano Stabellini]

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Audun,
we are in the process of archiving this mailing list as today most of
the Xen ARM development is done on xen-devel on the upstream ARM and
ARMv8 port. It requires a Cortex A15 or any other processors with
virtualization extensions.
Would that meet your requirements?

On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Audun Jøsang wrote:
> Dear XEN/&Samsung
> 
> Please let me know the status of virtualisation technologies for ARM 
> and mobile devices.
> 
> I see that the wiki is inactive: http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenARM
> 
> Best regards
> Audun Jøsang
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Audun Jøsang
> Professor, University of Oslo
> Adjunct Professor, QUT
> homepage: http://folk.uio.no/josang/
> mob.+47-98431433,  office +47-22845524, fax.+47-22852401
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> http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-arm
> 

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Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project

[Lars Kurth]

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Audun,

I clarified the warning on http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_(PV) 
<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_%28PV%29> as it was a little 
confusing. This list is now archived (i.e. all posts will be moderated).

The original Xen ARM PV port requires a modifired Linux kernel, whereas 
ARM support in mainline Xen does not. Many of the newer mobile platform 
have newer ARM CPUs and thus ARM support in mainline Xen should just 
work. We are also seeing pick-up in the mobile and other sectors with 
the new port. Seehttp://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android 
<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android> 
&http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded 
<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded>

Of course the old port is still around, but it is unlikley that much 
development effort will go into it.

Best Regards
Lars

On 20/11/2013 18:43, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Audun,
> we are in the process of archiving this mailing list as today most of
> the Xen ARM development is done on xen-devel on the upstream ARM and
> ARMv8 port. It requires a Cortex A15 or any other processors with
> virtualization extensions.
> Would that meet your requirements?
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Audun Jøsang wrote:
>> Dear XEN/&Samsung
>>
>> Please let me know the status of virtualisation technologies for ARM
>> and mobile devices.
>>
>> I see that the wiki is inactive: http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenARM
>>
>> Best regards
>> Audun Jøsang
>> larie
>> -- 
>> Dr. Audun Jøsang
>> Professor, University of Oslo
>> Adjunct Professor, QUT
>> homepage: http://folk.uio.no/josang/
>> mob.+47-98431433,  office +47-22845524, fax.+47-22852401
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-arm mailing list
>> Xen-arm@lists.xen.org
>> http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-arm
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-devel mailing list
>> Xen-devel@lists.xen.org
>> http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel


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Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project

[Lars Kurth]

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Audun,

I clarified the warning on http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_(PV) 
<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_%28PV%29> as it was a little 
confusing.

The original Xen ARM PV port requires a modified Linux kernel, whereas 
ARM support in mainline Xen does not. Many of the newer mobile platform 
have newer ARM CPUs and thus ARM support in mainline Xen should just 
work. We are also seeing pick-up in the mobile and other sectors with 
the new port. This is happening a lot quicker than we thought and there 
are activities and discussions going on to make mainline Xen more 
suitable for various embedded use-cases:
See<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android>
* http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Android
*http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded 
<http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Category:Embedded>
* 
http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg03004.html [Xen 
Developer Summit BoF Notes : Seeding a Xen + Android / Embedded 
ecosystem BoF]
* 
http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2013-11/msg02536.html [Xen 
for real-time/embedded/automotive]

Of course the old port is still around, but it is unlikley that much 
development effort will go into it.

Best Regards
Lars

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Re: [XenARM] Status of Xen ARM Project

[Ian Campbell]

On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 19:13 +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:
> Audun,
> 
> I clarified the warning on
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_(PV) as it was a little
> confusing. 

I see you've used the term PVH several times there. Please can you avoid
this, PVH is x86 specific and although it has some similarities with how
guests operate on Xen on ARM with virtualisation extensions they are not
the same.

Ian.