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Xen on ARM using the linux-xlnx

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Hello.

I have already built the linux-xlnx code, and made it boot on a MicroZed board. Now, I want to use this code as a Dom0 with a Xen port that was done for A9 processors. By looking at the source code, I can see that the basic functionalities seem to be present, but I don't know if they are functional. Also, I noticed that the Kconfig files are able to compile the source code with Xen support, that is, with PV extensions to be used as Dom0 or DomU.

I want to know:

1. Has anybody tried to compile the linux-xlnx code by setting CONFIG_XEN=y in the main config file?

2. In the Kconfig file, it is written that Xen on ARM in the linux-xlnx is still experimental. I would like to know: how "experimental" this is?

Let me know.

Good day.

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    Hi Silverman,

      Given that nobody has replied to this in the past two weeks, I'm guessing that you are pushing the envelope for using virtualization on MicroZed with the Xilinx OSL.  There has been some work done using virtio to create a hybrid communications channel between cores, but I haven't heard of anyone before this using the Xen hypervisor with Xilinx.  I did a little background research on Xen, and I see that it is supported in Ubuntu, but it seems most of the work is applicable to PC distributions.  We do have a version of Ubuntu for Zynq running on top of a Linaro kernel, but I'm not sure if the implementation is the same as a desktop, and it requires an HDMI device for desktop output which is not available on MicroZed.

    If anybody out there can contradict me, please do so, but for now I think you may be the expert in this area.  Are you still trying to get this to work, and have you made any progress? 

    Ron