[libvirt] [PATCH 1/6] AArch64: Add AArch64 architecture to list of valid arches.

[Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar]

Hi Daniel,

On 9 October 2013 20:14, Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 07:19:06PM +0530, Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar wrote:
>> Adding AArch64(ARMv8 64bit) to the current list of valid architectures.
>>
>> For now, AArch64 name would imply AArch64 LE mode only. In future,
>> we might have separate names for AArch64 LE and BE.
>
> Presumably the kernel has fixed 'aarch64' as always referring
> to LE and would add a variant like 'aarch64b' for BE mode if
> that was ever supported ?

Firstly thanks for Acking my patches.
Yes linux currently uses aarch64 for LE . There is a BE port going on
and should add a variant similar to what you have mentioned to
distinguish.

>
>> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel at linaro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar <pranavkumar at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  src/util/virarch.c |    1 +
>>  src/util/virarch.h |    1 +
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/util/virarch.c b/src/util/virarch.c
>> index 694eba1..9e88c68 100644
>> --- a/src/util/virarch.c
>> +++ b/src/util/virarch.c
>> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static const struct virArchData {
>>      { "armv6l",       32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
>>      { "armv7l",       32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
>>      { "armv7b",       32, VIR_ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN },
>> +    { "aarch64",      64, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
>>
>>      { "cris",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
>>      { "i686",         32, VIR_ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN },
>> diff --git a/src/util/virarch.h b/src/util/virarch.h
>> index 3530f7c..d0bf9d9 100644
>> --- a/src/util/virarch.h
>> +++ b/src/util/virarch.h
>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef enum {
>>      VIR_ARCH_ARMV6L,       /* ARMv6       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
>>      VIR_ARCH_ARMV7L,       /* ARMv7       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
>>      VIR_ARCH_ARMV7B,       /* ARMv7       32 BE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
>> +    VIR_ARCH_AARCH64,      /* ARMv8       64 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture */
>>
>>      VIR_ARCH_CRIS,         /* ETRAX       32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETRAX_CRIS */
>>      VIR_ARCH_I686,         /* x86         32 LE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86 */
>
> ACK
>
>
> Daniel
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Thanks,
Pranav