Andrei Warkentin
Andrei Warkentin
We should discuss.... IMHO there is a very clear benefit to standardizing VM platforms, and you're right that we can make it challenging to certify if we are not careful...
Server SoC IIC_030 is one such requirement (MUST support at least 5 VS-mode interrupt files).
Server SoC IIC_060 is another (more VS-mode reqs)
Server SoC IOM_020 mandates IOMMU (should be optional for VMs)
Server SoC ACS/ADR requirements could be made optional for VMs.
The basic requirement for a VM environment is that it can boot the same OSes that boot on real hardware, i.e. follow the single binary distribution model. An x86 VM...
So from this POV, if I have a hypervisor that is certified to "server platform 1.0", I would expect the VM environments to model something that looks like a "server...
You're spot on but VE certification implies the VMs are BSA compliant, not just BBR compliance. This could either be ES + VE or SR + VE, but there is...
Good topic for tomorrow...
Actually later today...