Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 20/20] libxl/acpi: Build ACPI tables for HVMlite guests

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 02:39:05PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> >Yes, we do. However, in PVH(v2) case it will be seen next by the guest
> >who will expect the tables to already be in memory. I.e. there is no
> >intermediate Xen component, such as hvmloader, who can load the blobs.
> >
> >Having said that, I wonder whether we (both x86 and ARM) could use
> >Anthony's xc_dom_image.full_acpi_module instead of acpitables_blob that
> >Shannon's series added. (even if we can't, I think
> >xc_hvm_firmware_module is the right datastructure to store the blob
> >since it has both toolstack's virtual and guest's physical addresses).
> 
> In this case, xc_hvm_firmware_module would need to be renamed as ARM guests
> are neither HVM nor PV.
> 

That's trivial. It's an internal structure that we can rename at will.

> FWIW, from the toolstack point of view, ARM guests is considered as PV
> guest.

... while at the same time utilises HVM param...

Not complaining, just this makes me chuckle a bit. :-)

Wei.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Julien Grall

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