From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dale Farnsworth Subject: Re: KVM on MIPS? Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:16:19 -0700 Message-ID: <20100326161619.GA31195@farnsworth.org> References: <20100325165442.GA21343@farnsworth.org> <4BABCFEB.9050409@redhat.com> <4475EEC9-3582-4CDA-A740-9C4DAAB3738C@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Avi Kivity , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" To: Alexander Graf , kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from xyzzy.farnsworth.org ([65.39.95.219]:52438 "EHLO xyzzy.farnsworth.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751807Ab0CZQQ3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:16:29 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4475EEC9-3582-4CDA-A740-9C4DAAB3738C@suse.de> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:32:57PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > > Am 25.03.2010 um 22:04 schrieb Avi Kivity : > >> On 03/25/2010 06:54 PM, Dale Farnsworth wrote: >>> I'm beginning to look at implementing KVM on MIPS. I've tried to >>> search >>> for any work-in-progress on this but haven't found much at all. >> >>> If you know of anyone who is working on this or of pitfalls I should >>> consider before jumping in, please let me know. >>> >> >> Is the instruction set virtualizable? > > FWIW it's not. Kernel mode is used based on an address offset of the IP. > Since you'd want to have your guest running in user mode, you're pretty > much lost there. I guess that would qualify as a pitfall. Thanks Avi and Alex. -Dale