Re: [PATCH v12 03/24] dt-bindings: hypervisor: Add MediaTek GenieZone hypervisor
From: Liju-clr Chen (陳麗如)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2024 - 22:47:46 EST
On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 18:36 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
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> On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:24:15 +0800 Liju-clr Chen <
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> > +description:
> > + GenieZone is a proprietary type-II hypervisor firmware developed
> > by MediaTek,
>
> Given type-I [1], confused by type-II. Which one is correct?
>
Hi Hillf,
Thank you for your correction.
GenieZone is a type-I hypervisor.
Apologize for this typing error and will update it in next version.
> > + providing an isolated execution environment for mTEE (MediaTek
> > Trusted
> > + Execution Environment) and AVF (Android Virtualization
> > Framework) virtual
> > + machines. This binding facilitates the integration of GenieZone
> > into the
> > + Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) with Crosvm as the VMM.
> > The driver
> > + exposes hypervisor control interfaces to the VMM for managing
> > virtual
> > + machine lifecycles and assisting virtual device emulation.
>
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240730082436.9151-3-liju-clr.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/geniezone/introduction.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +======================
> +GenieZone Introduction
> +======================
> +
> +Overview
> +========
> +GenieZone hypervisor (gzvm) is a type-1 hypervisor that supports
> various virtual
> +machine types and provides security features such as TEE-like
> scenarios and
> +secure boot.
BR
Liju