From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Cc: berrange@redhat.com, kchamart@redhat.com,
pierrick.bouvier@oss.qualcomm.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org,
mst@redhat.com, cohuck@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
eblake@redhat.com, jpb@kernel.org,
lorenzo.pieralisi@linaro.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
qemu-arm@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 23/25] docs/interop/firmware.json: Add arm-rme firmware feature
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:37:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fr1um706.fsf@pond.sub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707224306.1202330-24-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> (Mathieu Poirier's message of "Tue, 7 Jul 2026 16:43:04 -0600")
Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> writes:
> From: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
>
> Some distributions provide packages continaing firmware to be run under
> QEMU, such as "qemu-efi-aarch64" or "edk2-aarch64". Those packages also
> contain descriptors in /usr/share/qemu/firmware/*.json listing the
> firmware features, so that environments like libvirt can figure out
> which firmware they can load.
>
> Define an optional feature for arm64 firmware to indicate that a
> firmware supports running in a Realm. Firmware implementations need
> extra support for running in a Realm, in particular to distinguish
> shared from private guest memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
> ---
> docs/interop/firmware.json | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/interop/firmware.json b/docs/interop/firmware.json
> index 421bee0e5ed4..c68d7f5013f8 100644
> --- a/docs/interop/firmware.json
> +++ b/docs/interop/firmware.json
> @@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
> # options related to this feature are documented in
> # "docs/system/i386/amd-memory-encryption.rst".
> #
> +# @arm-rme: The firmware supports running in a Realm, under the Arm Realm
> +# Management Extension (RME).
> +#
Please format like this
# @arm-rme: The firmware supports running in a Realm, under the Arm
# Realm Management Extension (RME).
> # @intel-tdx: The firmware supports running under Intel Trust Domain
> # Extensions (TDX).
> #
> @@ -229,7 +232,7 @@
> { 'enum' : 'FirmwareFeature',
> 'data' : [ 'acpi-s3', 'acpi-s4',
> 'amd-sev', 'amd-sev-es', 'amd-sev-snp',
> - 'intel-tdx',
> + 'arm-rme', 'intel-tdx',
> 'enrolled-keys', 'requires-smm',
> 'secure-boot', 'host-uefi-vars',
> 'verbose-dynamic', 'verbose-static' ] }
With the formatting tidied up
Acked-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 4:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-07 22:42 [RFC v1 00/25] Add Realm support to QEMU-VMM Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 01/25] linux-headers: Add RME related definitions Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-10 1:09 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-10 7:36 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2026-07-10 10:46 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2026-07-13 0:41 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-13 21:11 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 02/25] target/arm/kvm: Return immediately on error in kvm_arch_init() Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-08 5:08 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 03/25] target/arm: Add confidential guest support Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-08 4:39 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-07-09 20:22 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 04/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Add mechanic to initialize realms Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-13 5:14 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-13 22:44 ` Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-13 5:34 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 05/25] target/arm/kvm: Split kvm_arch_get/put_registers Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 06/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Initialize vCPU Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 07/25] target/arm/kvm: Create scratch Realm VM when requested Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-13 5:30 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 08/25] target/arm/kvm: Use kvm_vm_check_extension() where necessary Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-13 0:43 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 09/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Initialise Realm Initial Address space Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-09 23:44 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-10 7:37 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 10/25] hw/core/loader: Add a ROM loader notifier Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-14 10:52 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 11/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Keep track of images loaded in Realm memory Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 12/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Populate Realm with runtime images Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-14 10:56 ` Gavin Shan
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 13/25] target/arm/cpu: Set number of breakpoints and watchpoints in KVM Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 14/25] target/arm/cpu: Set number of PMU counters " Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 15/25] target/arm/cpu: Don't read Realm registers Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 16/25] hw/arm/virt: Set proper conduit method for Realms Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-08 5:12 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 17/25] hw/arm/virt: Embed Realm VM type with IPA address space Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:42 ` [RFC v1 18/25] hw/arm/virt: Reserve one bit of guest physical address for RME Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 19/25] hw/arm/virt: Disable DTB randomness for confidential VMs Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 20/25] hw/arm/virt: Move virt_flash_create() to machvirt_init() Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-08 5:14 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 21/25] hw/arm/virt: Use RAM instead of flash for confidential guest firmware Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 22/25] target/arm/kvm-rme: Add DMA remapping for the shared memory region Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 23/25] docs/interop/firmware.json: Add arm-rme firmware feature Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-08 4:37 ` Markus Armbruster [this message]
2026-07-08 5:16 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 24/25] hw/arm/boot: Load DTB as is for confidential VMs Mathieu Poirier
2026-07-07 22:43 ` [RFC v1 25/25] hw/arm/boot: Skip bootloader for confidential guests Mathieu Poirier
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