Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] Where is kvm ppc devel source tree?

[Zhang Wei-r. <Wei...@fr...>]

Running guest PowerPC kernel make sense. Patches of these days change
the kvmctl to architechture independence, is it right?

As far as I know, the drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c in kernel is only for x86,
the patch '[PATCH 11 of 12] [mq]: kvm_powerpc' add the kvm support form
powerpc, (There are lots of NULL functions in it. ;) ), the patch '
[kvm-ppc-devel] [PATCH 10 of 12] imported patch split_generic_x86_change

 ' change the x86 dependence codes to arch independence codes, am I
right?

If I want to do some test, do I need to hack the qemu myself?

Thanks!
Wei.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hollis Blanchard [mailto:ho...@us...]=20
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> We do not emulate x86 instructions. The mission is to run multiple
> PowerPC guest kernels "on top of" a PowerPC host kernel.
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> Some userspace is needed to exercise the kernel module. We have some
> qemu hacks, but can't send those out yet. However, we've been=20
> working on
> extending the kvmctl userspace, which is present in the "user"
> subdirectory of the kvm-userspace repository.
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> Hollis Blanchard
> IBM Linux Technology Center
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> On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 14:29 +0800, Zhang Wei-r63237 wrote:
> > Thanks!
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> > Then, what's the kvm-ppc mission?
> > Does it emulate x86 instructions on ppc? Or like x86, build the kvm
> > driver for qemu (target ppc qemu)?
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> > If kvm-ppc is used for qemu with target to ppc, is the qemu patch
> > needed?
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> > Wei.
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jerone Young [mailto:jy...@us...]=20
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:52 AM
> > > To: Zhang Wei-r63237
> > > Cc: kvm...@li...
> > > Subject: Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] Where is kvm ppc devel source tree?
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> > > It's coming. We are currently in the process of getting=20
> it into the
> > > community kvm kernel source. Though there are some code logistical
> > > issues that must be worked out in the community for this=20
> to happen.
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> > > Hollis Blanchard recently submitted an email titled:
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> > > [RFC PATCH] current PowerPC patch
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> > > to kvm-devel. That is your best bet at looking at the=20
> work in progress
> > > for now.
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> > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 10:41 +0800, Zhang Wei-r63237 wrote:
> > > > Hi, All,
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> > > > I'm very interested in the KVM on PowerPC. But where is the
> > > > kvm-ppc-devel source tree?
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> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Zhang Wei
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