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@ 2015-07-01 14:45 Roger Pau Monne
  2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/22] libxc: split x86 HVM setup_guest into smaller logical functions Roger Pau Monne
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  0 siblings, 23 replies; 39+ messages in thread
From: Roger Pau Monne @ 2015-07-01 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: xen-devel

This series is split in the following order:

 - Patches from 1 to 10 switch HVM domain contruction to use the xc_dom_* 
   family of functions, like they are used to build PV domains. 
 - Patches from 11 to 22 introduce the creation of HVM domains without 
   a device model, which is replaced by directly loading a kernel like it's 
   done for PV guests. A new boot ABI based on the discussion in the thread 
   "RFC: making the PVH 64bit ABI as stable" is also introduced.

This series has been successfully tested on the following hardware:

 - Intel Xeon W3550.
 - AMD Opteron 4184.

With both hap=0 and hap=1 in the configuration file. I've been able to boot 
a SMP guest in this mode with a virtual hard drive and a virtual network 
card, all working fine AFAICT.

For this round only maintainers of the specific code being modified have 
been Cced on the patches.

The series can also be found in the following git repo:

git://xenbits.xen.org/people/royger/xen.git branch hvm_without_dm_v2

And for the FreeBSD part:

git://xenbits.xen.org/people/royger/freebsd.git branch new_entry_point_v2

In case someone wants to give it a try, I've uploaded a FreeBSD kernel that 
should work when booted into this mode:

https://people.freebsd.org/~royger/kernel_no_dm

The config file that I've used is:

<config>
kernel="/path/to/kernel_no_dm"

builder="hvm"
device_model_version="none"

memory=128
vcpus=2
name = "freebsd"
</config>

Of course if you have a FreeBSD disk already setup it can also be added to 
the configuration file, and the following line can be used to point FreeBSD 
to the disk:

extra="vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufsid/<disk_id>"

Thanks, Roger.

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2015-07-01 14:45 [PATCH v2 00/22] Introduce HVM without dm and new boot ABI Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/22] libxc: split x86 HVM setup_guest into smaller logical functions Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 02/22] libxc: unify xc_dom_p2m_{host/guest} Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/22] libxc: introduce the notion of a container type Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/22] libxc: introduce a domain loader for HVM guest firmware Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/22] libxc: make arch_setup_meminit a xc_dom_arch hook Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/22] libxc: make arch_setup_boot{init/late} xc_dom_arch hooks Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/22] xen/x86: fix arch_set_info_guest for HVM guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/22] libxc: introduce a xc_dom_arch for hvm-3.0-x86_32 guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/22] libxl: switch HVM domain building to use xc_dom_* helpers Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/22] libxc: remove dead HVM building code Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 11/22] xen/x86: allow disabling emulated devices for HVM guests Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 15:25   ` Paul Durrant
2015-07-01 15:34     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-01 15:39       ` Paul Durrant
2015-07-01 15:46   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-01 15:51     ` Boris Ostrovsky
2015-07-01 16:01       ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-01 16:13         ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-07-01 16:48           ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-02 11:49             ` Stefano Stabellini
2015-07-02 13:34               ` Boris Ostrovsky
2015-07-02  9:06     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-10 18:54       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 12/22] elfnotes: intorduce a new PHYS_ENTRY elfnote Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03 10:36   ` David Vrabel
2015-07-03 10:52     ` Roger Pau Monné
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 13/22] lib{xc/xl}: allow creating domains without emulated devices Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 14/22] xen: allow HVM guests to use XENMEM_memory_map Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 15/22] xen/x86: allow HVM guests to use hypercalls to bring up vCPUs Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 16/22] xenconsole: try to attach to PV console if HVM fails Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 17/22] libxc: change the position of the special pages Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 18/22] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_CMDLINE_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 19/22] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_FIRST_FREE_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 20/22] libxc/xen: introduce HVM_PARAM_MODLIST_PFN Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 21/22] libxl: set correct nic type for HVM guests without a device model Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-01 14:46 ` [PATCH v2 22/22] lib{xc/xl}: allow the creation of HVM domains with a kernel Roger Pau Monne
2015-07-03  1:59 ` [PATCH v2 00/22] Introduce HVM without dm and new boot ABI Yang Hongyang
2015-07-03  7:02   ` Roger Pau Monné

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