Re: [Qemu-devel] GSoC Proposal: ARM Virtualization Extensions

[Sergey Fedorov <serge.fdrv@gmail.com>]

On 20.03.2015 20:44, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 20 March 2015 at 17:25, Merten Sach <msach@mailbox.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> I'm interested in participating in this years edition of Google Summer of Code.
>> Initially I wanted to propose the implementation of ARMv7
>> virtualization extensions. I know this is not supported at the moment.
>> Also based on the documentation I found I thought it is still untouched.
>> However, when I looked at git log I saw that there is some preparation
>> to include EL2 support (LPAE, nested paging preparation, etc).
> Yes, we have put in some initial foundational changes but
> actual support is still missing. Edgar, can you remind me
> whether you have some pending patches for EL2 support still?
>
>> Is there demand for a GSoC project to further ARM virtualization
>> extension support?
> We would certainly like to see virtualization emulation
> supported in upstream QEMU. I think my main areas of
> concern would be:
>  * working with any existing code that Edgar has up his sleeve
>  * having a project plan that divides the work up into small
>    but coherent chunks that can be landed upstream incrementally
>    (to avoid the failure mode of "work all summer but don't
>    get it finished, and so don't have anything concrete
>    to show for it at the end")
>
> thanks
> -- PMM
>

Hi!

I am currently working on AArch64 EL2 support. There is a plan to submit
the changes to the community. Merten, IIUYC, you are going to support
only AArch32 EL2?

Best regards,
Sergey