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authorMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2020-01-24 22:42:15 +0000
committerMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>2020-03-24 10:56:04 +0000
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arm: Remove 32bit KVM host support
That's it. Remove all references to KVM itself, and document that although it is no more, the ABI between SVC and HYP still exists. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Acked-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>
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@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ hypervisor when running as a guest (under Xen, KVM or any other
hypervisor), or any hypervisor-specific interaction when the kernel is
used as a host.
+Note: KVM/arm has been removed from the kernel. The API described
+here is still valid though, as it allows the kernel to kexec when
+booted at HYP. It can also be used by a hypervisor other than KVM
+if necessary.
+
On arm and arm64 (without VHE), the kernel doesn't run in hypervisor
mode, but still needs to interact with it, allowing a built-in
hypervisor to be either installed or torn down.