[PATCH] arm: introduce a DTS for Xen unprivileged virtual machines

Stefano Stabellini stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com
Thu Sep 20 08:02:20 EDT 2012


On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:06:03AM +0100, Pawel Moll wrote:
> > Morning,
> > 
> > On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 18:44 +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > +/dts-v1/;
> > > +
> > > +/include/ "skeleton.dtsi"
> > 
> > Any particular reason to include skeleton? And I think it would be
> > better to use #address-cells = <2> and #size-cells = <2>, to be ready
> > for LPAE addresses...
> > 
> > > +/ {
> > > +	model = "XENVM-4.2";
> > > +	compatible = "xen,xenvm-4.2", "arm,vexpress";
> > > +	interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> > > +
> > > +	chosen {
> > > +		bootargs = "earlyprintk console=hvc0 root=/dev/xvda init=/sbin/init";
> > > +	};
> 
> Are you sure this default command line is appropriate?
> 
> I don't normally like to see default command lines unless they really
> add something which is crucial for the board to work.
> 
> None of those args looks vital to me.  They are configuration choices
> and should be left up to the user.

Yes, you are right. I'll trim it down to "console=hvc0 root=/dev/xvda".



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