Re: [MirageOS-devel] CuBox-i 4x4: another ARM box

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The ARM numbering scheme is exceedingly confusing -- it does indeed look
like it doesn't support the virtualisation extensions.  It'll be interesting
to see if it boots NetBSD at the moment, since then Martin's work on
Mirump will let us boot MirageOS on it without Xen.

The rPi 2 does have the virt extensions, but not the requisite interrupt
controller, and so will require a bunch of emulation code in Xen and KVM to
dispatch events to the virtual machines.

-anil

> On 14 May 2015, at 18:31, Len Maxwell <len@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What do I look for in an ARM to see if it could support Xen?  The Xen
> wiki [0] says that virtualization extensions are required (Cortex-A7,
> -A15, etc.).
> 
> Cubox uses Freescale i.MX6Q (A9) -- which has TrustZone, but not the
> virtualization extensions?
> 
> I did find something about running KVM on RasPi 2 [1] [2], which is a
> Broadcom A7.
> 
> [0]: http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_ARM_with_Virtualization_Extensions
> [1]: 
> http://blog.flexvdi.es/2015/02/25/enabling-hyp-mode-on-the-raspberry-pi-2/
> [2]: 
> http://blog.flexvdi.com/2015/03/17/enabling-kvm-virtualization-on-the-raspberry-pi-2/
> 
> 
> thanks,
> --
> Len
> 
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Another interesting ARM box that should support Xen, pointed out by Justin 
>> Cormack.
>> 
>> http://www.solid-run.com/product/cubox-i-4x4
>> 
>> 4 cores, 4GB RAM, SATA, gigabit ethernet.  Looks like a very good candidate 
>> for a (expensive but functional) home router.
>> 
>> -anil
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