From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Jun 13 07:30:26 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78DA3100DEAA; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:30:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.blih.net", Issuer "mail.blih.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CCAA715E6; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:30:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from manu@bidouilliste.com) Received: from mail.blih.net (mail.blih.net [212.83.177.182]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 74c1fefd; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:30:22 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=bidouilliste.com; h= mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to :cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:message-id; s=mail; bh=vStCgF mWYHhi7LWPZd2AdJ5oJss=; b=SQRn/svoIk4MMZBoEHahUhWZU2DKzaUZmmg/Ch UWostxXlJ+ouXySNOXhF10hSBMoYqw0m1/sBDcCS8I5t3pm1/SqhXW+kIdvK6lNP Qxz6g/WexQHG1MxDW0iiMySXknNdQ1MRxXGxB/EVr01RVkm6T3dkzb0ub4qGadis aF5uA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bidouilliste.com; h= mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to :cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:message-id; q=dns; s=mail; b= UJWxW1e5Xc9bz4jeydRu9L58JZL1hXeQZdy4edbm8mLAdPnFwBF5RhZPnQxp0dvm 9zkLL05iHwoKULZmHQel4h2cVeYfw5PG5X6iozFUjg2fDX7qntzbeDkDCcMF8Jsp 2+a8to0HEaBJ0qwpgiimilndrVAGU5ohikZzqcPuask= Received: from webmail.megadrive.org (www1.blih.net [212.83.177.180]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id dc35180f; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:30:22 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:30:22 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot To: araujo@freebsd.org Cc: Alexandru Elisei , manu@freebsd.org, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARMv8 development board with GICv3 Organization: Bidouilliste In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-Sender: manu@bidouilliste.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.1.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:30:26 -0000 On 2018-06-13 09:06, Marcelo Araujo wrote: > 2018-06-13 14:54 GMT+08:00 Alexandru Elisei > : > >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > 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. Cheers, -- Emmanuel Vadot