Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:54:38 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Cc: araujo@freebsd.org, manu@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARMv8 development board with GICv3 Message-ID: <20180613095438.e7ae85bf86c841277ef0a379@bidouilliste.com> In-Reply-To: <201806130739.w5D7dh75038252@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <cfa505adb7577940f09f75bcb90131bd@megadrive.org> <201806130739.w5D7dh75038252@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:39:43 -0700 (PDT) "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > On 2018-06-13 09:06, Marcelo Araujo wrote: > > > 2018-06-13 14:54 GMT+08:00 Alexandru Elisei > > > <alexandru.elisei@gmail.com>: > > > > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> I have been working on porting bhyve to ARMv8 and the hypervisor is > > >> able to successfully boot a FreeBSD virtual machine on the Foundation > > >> Emulator provided by ARM. > > >> > > >> I plan to submit the project for review, but before that I need to > > >> validate the hypervisor on a hardware platform. > > >> > > >> Can anyone be so kind as to recommend a development board for testing? > > >> The board needs to have an ARMv8 CPU with virtualization extensions > > >> implemented (Exception Level 2 needs to be available) and a GIC > > >> version 3 compliant interrupt controller. > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >> Alexandru Elisei > > > > > > Hello Alexandru, > > > > > > Excited to see your work! > > > > > > I have Cc manu@ as I know he works a lot with embedded devices and > > > probably > > > he can give you some suggestions. > > > I'm sure he is on freebsd-arm@ mailing list, but even though I'm Cc'ing > > > him. > > > > > > Best, > > > -- > > > > A quick grep in the linux dts directory for arm64 give me a few SoC > > where we boot on it : > > > > Thunderx and Marvell 37XX. > > > > That being said I think you better try with a gic-v2 board as I adviced > > in AsiaBSDCon this year. > > Emmanuel, > > Can you tell me what GIC is in the Samsung Chromebook SNOW? > https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/samsung-arm-chromebook > > Thanks, > Rod Well it's cortex a15 so 32 bits so clearly not v3. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm/boot/dts/exynos5.dtsi#L88 -- Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@freebsd.org>
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