[PATCH v2 0/12] Hypervisor-mode KVM on POWER7

[Jimi Xenidis]

On May 31, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:

> 
> On 31.05.2011, at 14:35, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:40:31PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> 
>>> Thinking about the testability of this a bit more ... how much
>>> effort would it be to get this code running on a 970MP with SLOF?
>>> There should only be a few POWER7 specific pieces, right?
>> 
>> Do you have a 970MP that has a usable hypervisor mode, i.e. not an
>> Apple machine?  The 970s in Apple machines have the HV hard-wired to
>> 1, which means they do have a hypervisor mode but it isn't any use.
>> 
>> If you do have such a machine, then we would have to look at some
>> details like the instruction sequence for the partition switch, and
>> make sure we don't try to use SMT4 mode.  Also, I believe we will have
>> to flush the TLB on partition switches, since Power processors prior
>> to POWER7 didn't tag the TLB entries with the partition ID.
>> 
>> So it should be quite feasible if you have a non-Apple machine.
>> I will check whether the 970MP machines that Terrasoft were
>> distributing would be suitable.  We have one of them in the lab.
> 
> That's the one I was thinking of and yes, I have one available. That way I could test 99% of your code, you don't have to release hardware, and everyone's happy :).
> 

Be aware that on 970s (off the top of my head):
 - did not have the LPCR architected so you'll have to access individual HID registers.
 - old style RMOR is supported, not VRMA
 - no MEDiated interrupt
 
-jx

> 
> Alex
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