Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC V5 0/9] Implement GIC-500 from GICv3 family for arm64

[Christopher Covington]

On 10/20/2015 01:22 PM, Shlomo Pongratz wrote:
> From: Shlomo Pongratz <address@hidden>
> 
> This patch is a first step multicores support for arm64.
> 
> This implemntation was tested up to 100 cores.
> 
> Things left to do:
> 
> Support SPI, ITS and ITS CONTROL, note that this patch porpose is to enable
> running multi cores using the "virt" virtual machine and this goal is achived
> without that.
> 
> Add GICv2 backwards competability. Since there is a GICv2 implementation I
> can't see the pusprose for it.
> 
> Special thanks to Peter Crostwaite whose patch to th Linux (kernel) i.e.
> Implement cpu_relax as yield solved the problem of the boot process getting
> stuck for 24 cores and more.
> 
> Figure out why virtual machine name changed from virt-v3 to virt-v3-machine

Hi Shlomo,

Were you planning on another revision of this patchset? Are there any
things you would like help with?

Peter,

Do you have any thoughts about what is essential and what isn't for a
first wave of TCG GICv3 patches to be mergeable?

Thanks,
Christopher Covington

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