[Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 02/26] xen/arm: extend device tree based multiboot protocol

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Extend the existing device tree based multiboot protocol to include
information regarding multiple domains to boot.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefanos@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
Changes in v4:
- memory is 64bit

Changes in v3:
- remove "xen,initial-domain" for now
- make vpl011 an empty property
- memory in KBs

Changes in v2:
- lower case kernel
- rename mem to memory
- mandate cpus and memory
- replace domU-kernel with kernel and domU-ramdisk with ramdisk
- rename xen,domU with xen,domain
- add info about dom0
- switch memory and cpus to integers
- remove defaults
- add vpl011
---
 docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 107 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt 
b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
index ce2d0dc..317a9e9 100644
--- a/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/arm/device-tree/booting.txt
@@ -119,3 +119,110 @@ For those you would hardcode the Xen commandline in the 
DTB under
 line by writing bootargs (as for native Linux).
 A Xen-aware bootloader would set xen,xen-bootargs for Xen, xen,dom0-bootargs
 for Dom0 and bootargs for native Linux.
+
+
+Creating Multiple Domains directly from Xen
+===========================================
+
+It is possible to have Xen create other domains, in addition to dom0,
+out of the information provided via device tree. A kernel and initrd
+(optional) need to be specified for each guest.
+
+For each domain to be created there needs to be one node under /chosen
+with the following properties:
+
+- compatible
+
+    For domUs: "xen,domain"
+
+- memory
+
+       A 64-bit integer specifying the amount of kilobytes of RAM to
+    allocate to the guest.
+
+- cpus
+
+    An integer specifying the number of vcpus to allocate to the guest.
+
+- vpl011
+
+    An empty property to enable/disable a virtual pl011 for the guest to use.
+
+- #address-cells and #size-cells
+
+    Both #address-cells and #size-cells need to be specified because
+    both sub-nodes (described shortly) have reg properties.
+
+Under the "xen,domain" compatible node, one or more sub-nodes are present
+for the DomU kernel and ramdisk.
+
+The kernel sub-node has the following properties:
+
+- compatible
+
+    "multiboot,kernel"
+
+- reg
+
+    Specifies the physical address of the kernel in RAM and its
+    length.
+
+- bootargs (optional)
+
+    Command line parameters for the guest kernel.
+
+The ramdisk sub-node has the following properties:
+
+- compatible
+
+    "multiboot,ramdisk"
+
+- reg
+
+    Specifies the physical address of the ramdisk in RAM and its
+    length.
+
+
+Example
+=======
+
+chosen {
+    domU1 {
+        compatible = "xen,domain";
+        #address-cells = <0x2>;
+        #size-cells = <0x1>;
+        memory = <0 131072>;
+        cpus = <2>;
+        vpl011;
+
+        module@0x4a000000 {
+            compatible = "multiboot,kernel";
+            reg = <0x0 0x4a000000 0xffffff>;
+            bootargs = "console=ttyAMA0 init=/bin/sh";
+        };
+
+        module@0x4b000000 {
+            compatible = "multiboot,ramdisk";
+            reg = <0x0 0x4b000000 0xffffff>;
+        };
+    };
+
+    domU2 {
+        compatible = "xen,domain";
+        #address-cells = <0x2>;
+        #size-cells = <0x1>;
+        memory = <0 65536>;
+        cpus = <1>;
+
+        module@0x4c000000 {
+            compatible = "multiboot,kernel";
+            reg = <0x0 0x4c000000 0xffffff>;
+            bootargs = "console=ttyAMA0 init=/bin/sh";
+        };
+
+        module@0x4d000000 {
+            compatible = "multiboot,ramdisk";
+            reg = <0x0 0x4d000000 0xffffff>;
+        };
+    };
+};
-- 
1.9.1


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