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'''Initial contribution by GlobalLogic'''
== Project Infrastructure and Initial GlobalLogic Contribution ==
 
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* Automotive SoCs support
* Set up Project infrastructure (code repos and ) – end of August
 
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** TI Jacinto 6 support - done
* Add Wiki pages (instruction to get SW build for TI J6 EVM) – end of August
 
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** Renesas R-Car gen 2 support - done
* Initial code contribution by GlobalLogic- mid September
 
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** Renesas R-Car gen 3 support - done
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* QNX IPL and drivers - abandoned, as interest has shifted from QNX to [https://www.automotivelinux.org/ AGL], for which there is an upstream. The risk of having to maintain an unnecessary Xen port was considered too high at this stage
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* Initial cpufreq implementation in XEN
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* Initial PV drivers APIs implementation (tty, RTC, audio, event, rpmsg)
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'''Xen 4.9 release'''
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* major PV drivers APIs: sound, display, input - done
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** frontend and backend implementations available on GitHub
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'''Xen 4.10 release'''
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* "Non-shared" IOMMU support - done
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** VMSA-compatible IOMMU in Renesas R-Car gen3 driver - done
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* generic co-processor (GPU, DSP, FPGA, TPU, ...) virtualization support
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** vcoproc design documentation created
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** initial implementation in progress
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** drivers to be implemented as deprivileged applications
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* integration with ARM TrustZone based on [https://github.com/OP-TEE OP-TEE]
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** SMC/HVC bridge in Xen
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** OP-TEE driver as a deprivileged app
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** changes in OP-TEE itself: dynamic memory management, multiple domains support
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* deprivileged applications in Xen on ARM
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** initial stubdom support for ARM done
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** initial EL0 deprivilege support done
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** will be use for non-upstreamable drivers (GPU, TEE, etc.)
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** may be also used for PL011 emulation required by Linaro spec
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'''Future'''
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* power management implementation
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* hard real time scheduling integration, [[RTDS-Based-Scheduler]]
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* yocto-based build management integrations (see [http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-virtualization meta-virtualization] layer on Yocto Project git) (also see [[Xen_on_ARM_and_Yocto]])
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* heterogeneous computing support (big.LITTLE, etc.)
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* dom0 RTOS support ([http://www.freertos.org/ FreeRTOS]? [http://www.arccore.com/ Arctic Core] – Open Source [http://www.autosar.org/ Autosar]?)
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* IEC 61508 safety certification - see similar OSADL [http://www.osadl.org/SIL2LinuxMP.sil2-linux-project.0.html Sil2LinuxMP] project for Linux
   
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[[Category:Embedded and Automotive]]
== Planned Code Contributions ==
 
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[[Category:Embedded and Automotive/Archived/PV Drivers]]
* Xen Project Hypervisor changes: some for 4.4, others for 4.5
 
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[[Category:Yocto]]
* [http://www.qnx.com/ QNX] & [https://www.tizen.org/ Tizen] baseports to run as Xen Project guests – Q4 2014
 
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[[Category:Drivers]]
* Upstream RT Scheduler performance improvements to Hypervisor - ongoing
 
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[[Category:Archived]
* GPU virtualization PV drivers using OpenGL – Q4 2014
 
* Adding support for Renesas R-Car M2/H2 hardware – Q1 2015
 
* Tin Dom0 – Q4 2014
 
* ISO 26262 certification - ongoing
 
 
== Project Wish list (unplanned at this stage) ==
 
* Power Management Improvements
 
* [http://www.arccore.com/ Arctic Core] – Open Source [http://www.autosar.org/ Autosar]
 
* Better support for SMMU
 
 
[[Category:Embedded and Automotive PV Drivers]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:21, 14 May 2019

Initial contribution by GlobalLogic

  • Automotive SoCs support
    • TI Jacinto 6 support - done
    • Renesas R-Car gen 2 support - done
    • Renesas R-Car gen 3 support - done
  • QNX IPL and drivers - abandoned, as interest has shifted from QNX to AGL, for which there is an upstream. The risk of having to maintain an unnecessary Xen port was considered too high at this stage
  • Initial cpufreq implementation in XEN
  • Initial PV drivers APIs implementation (tty, RTC, audio, event, rpmsg)

Xen 4.9 release

  • major PV drivers APIs: sound, display, input - done
    • frontend and backend implementations available on GitHub

Xen 4.10 release

  • "Non-shared" IOMMU support - done
    • VMSA-compatible IOMMU in Renesas R-Car gen3 driver - done
  • generic co-processor (GPU, DSP, FPGA, TPU, ...) virtualization support
    • vcoproc design documentation created
    • initial implementation in progress
    • drivers to be implemented as deprivileged applications
  • integration with ARM TrustZone based on OP-TEE
    • SMC/HVC bridge in Xen
    • OP-TEE driver as a deprivileged app
    • changes in OP-TEE itself: dynamic memory management, multiple domains support
  • deprivileged applications in Xen on ARM
    • initial stubdom support for ARM done
    • initial EL0 deprivilege support done
    • will be use for non-upstreamable drivers (GPU, TEE, etc.)
    • may be also used for PL011 emulation required by Linaro spec

Future

[[Category:Archived]