From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: christoffer.dall@linaro.org (Christoffer Dall) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 17:04:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v5 0/4] Target CPU=Host implementation for KVM ARM/ARM64 In-Reply-To: <1380531008-15901-1-git-send-email-anup.patel@linaro.org> References: <1380531008-15901-1-git-send-email-anup.patel@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20131002160444.GA49034@lvm> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 02:20:04PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote: > It will be very useful for user space (QEMU/KVMTOOL) if it has a > method of querying VCPU target type matching to underlying Host. > We can use such querying mechanism and implement machine models > in user space where VCPU target type is always same-as/similar-to > underlying Host (i.e. Target CPU=Host). > > This patch series implements KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET vm ioclt for > querying VCPU target type matching underlying host. Using this new > ioctl we can implement VCPU target CPU=Host in user space. > > Also, it is not mandatory to call KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET vm ioctl > and the old method of trying all possible target types using the > KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl to initialize VCPU works fine. > Looks good to me, as soon as Marc acks this one, I'll merge it. -Christoffer