[Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 00/15] dom0less step1: boot multiple domains from device tree

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

This is first step toward "dom0less" as discussed in the various
certifications related threads and discussions.

The goal of this series is to enable Xen to boot multiple domains in
parallel, in addition to dom0, out of information found on device tree.

The device tree based boot protocol is extended to carry information
about DomUs. Based on that information, Xen creates and starts one or
more DomUs. DomUs created this way don't have access to xenstore, as
xenstore is not started yet. This is actually OK, because this is meant
for mission critical applications that typically only access directly
assigned devices. They cannot tolerate interference or increased IRQ
latency due to PV protocols. Device assignment is not actually covered
by this series, it will be added later.

DomUs can print to the Xen serial using the CONSOLEIO hypercalls. A
virtual PL011 is also emulated for them so that they can use their
regular PL011 driver. This allows unmodified guests to run as Xen on ARM
guests -- no Xen support needed at all. Console input also comes from
the Xen serial: the Ctrl-AAA switching mechanism is extended to switch
among domUs, dom0, and Xen.

Cheers,

Stefano


Stefano Stabellini (15):
      xen: allow console_io hypercalls from DomUs on ARM
      xen/arm: move a few guest related #defines to public/arch-arm.h
      xen/arm: extend device tree based multiboot protocol
      xen/arm: do not pass dt_host to make_memory_node and make_hypervisor_node
      xen/arm: rename acpi_make_chosen_node to make_chosen_node
      xen/arm: add BOOTMOD_DOMU_KERNEL/RAMDISK
      xen/arm: increase MAX_MODULES
      xen/arm: probe domU kernels and initrds
      xen/arm: refactor construct_dom0
      xen/arm: introduce construct_domU
      xen/arm: generate a simple device tree for domUs
      xen/arm: generate vpl011 node on device tree for domU
      xen/arm: Allow vpl011 to be used by DomU
      xen/arm: call construct_domU from start_xen and start DomU VMs
      xen: support console_switching between Dom0 and DomUs on ARM

 docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt | 102 +++++++
 tools/libxl/libxl_arm.c               |  26 --
 xen/arch/arm/bootfdt.c                |   4 +
 xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c           | 533 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 xen/arch/arm/kernel.c                 |  54 ++++
 xen/arch/arm/kernel.h                 |   2 +
 xen/arch/arm/setup.c                  |  52 +++-
 xen/arch/arm/vpl011.c                 |  98 +++++--
 xen/common/device_tree.c              |   6 +-
 xen/drivers/char/console.c            |  51 +++-
 xen/include/asm-arm/setup.h           |  10 +-
 xen/include/asm-arm/vpl011.h          |   2 +
 xen/include/asm-x86/setup.h           |   2 +
 xen/include/public/arch-arm.h         |  26 ++
 xen/include/xen/device_tree.h         |   2 +-
 15 files changed, 789 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)

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