From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laurent Vivier Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Add support for ppc64le in kvmtool Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:38:50 +0200 Message-ID: <56FD286A.9070001@redhat.com> References: <1459423707-8956-1-git-send-email-bsingharora@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: will.deacon@arm.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, mikey@neuling.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org To: Balbir Singh Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48277 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751607AbcCaNiy (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:38:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1459423707-8956-1-git-send-email-bsingharora@gmail.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, could you add "kvmtool" in the subject, next time, please? :) And it could be a good idea to send to kvm-ppc ML too. On 31/03/2016 13:28, Balbir Singh wrote: > Changelog v2: Add support for running a task on all cpus by > Michael Ellerman. Large improvements to patch 2/4 > > This patchset adds support for ppc64le. As a part of the support 1/4 converts > key data structures in the fdt to big endian. 2/4 introduces h_set_mode call > to support little endian interrupt processing. This requires support to execute > and queue commands to a particular vcpu and hence a generic infrastructure > is added in patch 2/4. Patch 3/4 fixes a race condition found during exit. > Patch 4/4 adds support for fixing spapr_pci to support little endian guests > so that virtio-pci can be detected and virtio can work > > This patchset was tested on x64 (on my laptop) and on a ppc64le system. > > Balbir Singh (5): > Add basic little endian support. > Add basic infrastructure to run tasks on vCPUs > Implement H_SET_MODE for ppc64le > Fix a race during exit processing > Implement spapr pci for little endian systems. I was trying to use kvmtool on ppc64, some days ago, and I was not able to run anything (yes, I'm stupid), So could you also update the README with some ppc64/ppc64le stuff explaining how to use kvmtool on POWER? Or give me a link to the information, and I'll do. Thanks, Laurent