Re: [Xen-devel] [Embedded-pv-devel] [PATCH RFC 00/18] System adjustment to customer needs.

[Andrii Anisov <andrii.anisov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Meng,

> From my previous experience, the board may not be supported by Xen even though
> the processor it uses has virtualization extension.. :-(

I still insist it depends on SoC ;)

If you are saying about this case:

> Yes. I searched around for the "Jacinto 6" Automotive processor.[1]
> It uses Cortex A15 processor...
> However, I tried the Arndale Octo board two years ago
> (http://www.arndaleboard.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page).

Cortex A15 just implements ARMv7 architecture more efficiently then
A9, while VE are still optional. You should read chip specs more
careful.
You remember I wrote:
>> The most outstanding example is a chip with Cortex A15 MPCore, but
>> without any VE support at all.
It was another Samsung's SoC in my experience.

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