On 20.03.2015 20:44, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 20 March 2015 at 17:25, Merten Sach <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm interested in participating in this years edition of Google Summer of >> Code. >> Initially I wanted to propose the implementation of ARMv7 >> virtualization extensions. I know this is not supported at the moment. >> Also based on the documentation I found I thought it is still untouched. >> However, when I looked at git log I saw that there is some preparation >> to include EL2 support (LPAE, nested paging preparation, etc). > Yes, we have put in some initial foundational changes but > actual support is still missing. Edgar, can you remind me > whether you have some pending patches for EL2 support still? > >> Is there demand for a GSoC project to further ARM virtualization >> extension support? > We would certainly like to see virtualization emulation > supported in upstream QEMU. I think my main areas of > concern would be: > * working with any existing code that Edgar has up his sleeve > * having a project plan that divides the work up into small > but coherent chunks that can be landed upstream incrementally > (to avoid the failure mode of "work all summer but don't > get it finished, and so don't have anything concrete > to show for it at the end") > > thanks > -- PMM >
Hi! I am currently working on AArch64 EL2 support. There is a plan to submit the changes to the community. Merten, IIUYC, you are going to support only AArch32 EL2? Best regards, Sergey
