From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Jun 13 07:54:41 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 32722101028F; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:54:41 +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 52E5272867; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 07:54:40 +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 3f8778ff; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:54:38 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=FrkieOfGnuhq+BP/dHtgR1h80QY=; b=dO9unX9+oypx6fvCTWjntdCmJ8Q9 YdJTtOFRQ+vkOEe/Hvce2uFYluwjA78fpXpiX6jewHqhagIM0Pz7ihaiEZlXPYg9 UBeT2LsT/q1MLTaD4wN5LH9Fkd3FxFT7jf2+xCqhnzAypaq85Y2rhpFWJ2N6iP22 tBb9V2R+BSkKOPU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=bidouilliste.com; h=date :from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= mail; b=mxE5Wjw60cCDm795e95x9c49TIs7saMQKv3CdHgOicICESj0KdIA+uPm NN+6JbXk6C2EAXXJBFgqY7vdYby8j9i6Ou37xB/qGhfXg01evwF/rdLz1iXz7uT7 B/Ne+VYs1xZ/do/LrvHn1YiDUnSSRElkqPXYiQsaBXsw/EXFUNw= Received: from skull.home.blih.net (ip-9.net-89-3-105.rev.numericable.fr [89.3.105.9]) by mail.blih.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id ea7b3001 TLS version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:54:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:54:38 +0200 From: Emmanuel Vadot To: "Rodney W. Grimes" 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: <201806130739.w5D7dh75038252@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 07:54:41 -0000 On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:39:43 -0700 (PDT) "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > 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