Remove the TARGET_DIR parameter from the "Enable Inter-VM Communication
Based on Ivshmem" tutorial as this is now an obsolete parameter that
will print out a warning.
Signed-off-by: Geoffroy Van Cutsem <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
I. Add three kinds of Inter-VM communication advantage and shortage:
1. Inter-VM vUART
2. Inter-VM network communication
3. Inter-VM shared memory device (ivshmem)
II.Add how to implement an Ivshmem application on ACRN.
Signed-off-by: Hu Fenglin <fenglin.hu@intel.com>
Update description of passthrough device usecase additions, and improved
description of Issue #6631 (Kata broken)
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Also cleaned out older versions from list, keeping v1.0,
v1.6.1, v2.0, v2.5, and v2.6.
The documentation for previous releases is still available (by editing
the URL to mention that release (e.g., /2.1/ ).
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
To launch User VM, cpu_affinity parameter is needed for v2.7.
Signed-off-by: fuzhongl <fuzhong.liu@eintel.com>
Reviewed-by: gvancuts <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
1. Update launch script and replace the apt-get command with apt in GSG documentation.
2. Update the tag to v2.7 in partitioned documentation.
Signed-off-by: zhongzhenx.liu <zhongzhenx.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Add some color styles we can use (via .. rst-class:: style directive) to
add color to rst tables. Also introduce a centered class instead of
using the deprecated .. centered:: directive. Update documentation
guidelines to describe these new styles (background colors).
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
The commands in the Getting Started Guide for copying files to and from
the USB stick will fail if the USB stick volume name has a space in it.
Fix this by quoting uses of $disk.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Fix errors in description of changes.
Add mention of SOS -> Service_VM change in config options/values.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Currently, Service VM may fail to shut down due to some enabled
VFs. ACRN doesn't disable VFs automatically.
In this patch, add a note for user to disable VFs before Service
VM shuts down.
Tracked-On: #5921
Signed-off-by: Xiangyang Wu <xiangyang.wu@intel.com>
For WaaG VM, the User VM name is hard coded in the
lifecycle manager, this User VM ("windows") is needed
for guest shutdown.
Note: libvirt will be used to do guest shutdown and
the WaaG VM name will be configurable in furture.
The lifecycle manager starup picture in WaaG VM is out
of data, update it in this patch.
Tracked-on: #6652
Signed-off-by: Xiangyang Wu <xiangyang.wu@intel.com>
This patch updates recommendations to upgrade from a prior ACRN version
for v2.7, and updates the what's new summary.
Signed-off-by: Kunhui-Li <kunhuix.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace VHM with HSM
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace VHM with HSM
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Capitalize ACRN Configurator
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Capitalize Board Inspector and ACRN Configurator
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Capitalize ACRN Configurator and Board Inspector
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
Per the membership charter, the TSC members are maintained in the
CONTRIBUTING file in the project's GitHub repo. Update our contributing
documentation to include this file into our technical docs too.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Add description for the IORR (IO sensitive Round Robin) scheduler
and the priority based scheduler.
Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jie.deng@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yifan Liu <yifan1.liu@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Capitalize ACRN Configurator and Board Inspector
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
Since the PR #6787 has landed, we need to remove the uuid parameter
"-U" of "acrn-dm" and replace UUID with vm name to identify a VM
in document.
Signed-off-by: Kunhui-Li <kunhuix.li@intel.com>
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
Lifecycle Manager will be refined in v2.7, this patch will
refine enable s5 document to align with the latest code.
v1-->v2:
Remove the prompt from all instructions in this
document.
Tracked-On: #6652
Signed-off-by: Xiangyang Wu <xiangyang.wu@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
It's recommended we always use the .git extension when referring to the
git repo when cloning. Fix that in the GSG.
Also, fix a misspelling in the hld-power-management doc.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace platform names with link to Support Hardware page
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Replace SOS or Service OS with Service VM
- Replace UOS or User OS with User VM
- Replace VHM with HSM
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
Publisher of this document confirmed that VT-d spec link should be updated, and the existing link will be EOL.
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
The "Last Updated" footer shows the date the page was published, not
when the content was last updated. This has caused readers some
confusion. Update the footer with the date of the git commit that last
updated the document, and clarify with both the last modified and
published dates in the footer, something like this:
Last modified: Aug 19, 2021. Published: Nov 03, 2021.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Start documenting the major changes to v2.7, in particular the UOS/SOS
term changes that impact the APIs and documentation, and the scenario name changes.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Words in the function prototypes looked run together making it hard to
read, so tweak the CSS to add a bit of padding.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Rename SOS_VM type to SERVICE_VM
rename UOS to User VM in XML description
rename uos_thread_pid to user_vm_thread_pid
rename devname_uos to devname_user_vm
rename uosid to user_vmid
rename UOS_ACK to USER_VM_ACK
rename SOS_VM_CONFIG_CPU_AFFINITY to SERVICE_VM_CONFIG_CPU_AFFINITY
rename SOS_COM to SERVICE_VM_COM
rename SOS_UART1_VALID_NUM" to SERVICE_VM_UART1_VALID_NUM
rename SOS_BOOTARGS_DIFF to SERVICE_VM_BOOTARGS_DIFF
rename uos to user_vm in launch script and xml
Tracked-On: #6744
Signed-off-by: Liu Long <long.liu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Geoffroy Van Cutsem <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
* Add a script for creating top-level redirects on the
projectacrn.github.io site.
* Use it to generate the top-level index.html redirect to
latest/index.html in the Makefile (for make publsh).
* Generate a new redirect for hardware.html to catch inbound links.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
- Capitalize Board Inspector and ACRN Configurator names to highlight them in images and content
- Remove duplicate links between the Overview and GSG where not needed
- Provide additional details that help to deepen developer’s knowledge where applicable. Potential items: acrn-dm, more clarity of the relationship between the ServiceVM and UserVMs, expanded definitions of scenarios (beyond one liners).
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
- Change UOS and SOS to User VM and Service VM, respectively
- Change guest to VM or similar depending on context
- Clean up some of the grammar
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
The sphinx_rtd_theme 1.0 includes simplified configuration for Google
analytics, along with general fixes and improvements.
Anyone publishing project documentation to projectacrn.github.io must be
using this updated sphinx_rtd_theme for Google Analytics data to be
properly collected.
* Switch to use this new theme version, and clean up the previous method
of collecting analytics data.
* Update requirements.txt to use this new theme version. Update the
show-versions.py script (used to report on installed doc building tools)
to also report if there's a mismatch on which version is expected (in
requirements.txt) and what's currently installed.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
HV_RAM_SIZE will be eliminated as a configuration option so we'll need
to remove references to it in the documentation.
See PR #6664 and PR #6681
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Update logical partition to simply partitioned.
Remaining references to logical partition are because the documentation
is validated for releases prior to the scenario renaming. When those
are updated to be tested with a newer release, we'll update the
documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
- Change "configuration tool" to "ACRN configurator tool" to match the tool's UI
- Change "configuration toolset" to "ACRN configurator tool" in cases that clearly refer to the configurator and not the entire toolset, update cross-ref
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
Address a collection of small issues in the GSG:
- remove mention of the (optional) serial port use
- update recommended development computer memory size
- mention why there are six user VM launch scripts (and that we're only going to
use one of them)
- clarify how OS installed for running board inspector is modified with
the Linux kernel built using board and configuration information
- add commands used to confirm files are in the expected directories
- remove specific BIOS example (keep just settings info)
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Update the docs and images referencing ``industry`` and ``logical_partition`` scenarios to
``shared`` and ``partioned``.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
As recommended, add a ``-y`` to the ``apt install`` commands so they
don't prompt the user to confirm the installation, seen as unnecessary
in this context.
Also, wrap lines that are longer then 80 chars to improve git reviews
and follow our doc conventions.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Update the "Enable S5 in ACRN" tutorial to:
* Make the language clearer at places
* Consistent use of "Lifecycle Manager" and "life_mngr"
* Change "ACK" to "ACKED"
* Use a ReST reference to point at the architectural diagram
* Update build instructions
* Replace 'literalinclude' by static code-blocks to avoid the
content going out of date
Signed-off-by: Geoffroy Van Cutsem <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
Change references to VHM to HSM (Hypervisor Service Module) in images.
While in these files, update SOS (to Service VM) and UOS (to User VM) as
well.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Add a couple of redirect pages for 404 errors noted in analytics data,
and add replace the deleted roscube GSG with a doc linking to the last
updated version in v2.5.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
- Create ACRN config tool doc based on info in existing "Intro to ACRN Configuration" doc, add clarifications
- Create board inspector tool doc based on info in existing "Intro to ACRN Configuration" doc, add clarifications
- Create launch config options doc based on info in existing "Intro to ACRN Configuration" doc, similar to existing scenario config options doc
- Update refs that no longer exist
- Create hypervisor makefile options doc, combining makefile info from "Intro to ACRN Configuration" doc and "Build ACRN from Source" doc
- Clarify why you need config files, difference between scenario vs. launch VM settings
- Updates are intended to reflect v2.6 code
Signed-off-by: Amy Reyes <amy.reyes@intel.com>
There are many graphics-related terms in the glossary that are not
referenced in the documentation. Remove those terms, and clarify new
terms in our updated GSG and introductory docs.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Update security vulnerability fix in 2.6 release.
Signed-off-by: Yonghua Huang <yonghua.huang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
1.Modified Intel Whiskey Lake to Intel NUC Kit NUC11TNBi5
2.Change the logical partition and mixed test motherboard name
Signed-off-by: zhongzhenx.liu <zhongzhenx.liu@intel.com>
Enabling PTM requires some additional engineering work, so we're
removing these instructions for now.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Without this ``iomem=relaxed`` kernel parameter, the generated board XML
is essentially the same as having ``--basic`` when executing the board
inspector, i.e. the ACPI namespace will not be parsed. The generated
board XML may still work, but some functionality (e.g. passthru of TPM
and other PCI devices that need INTx) will no longer work due to lack of
hardware information.
Replacing PR #6618
Tracked-On: #5692
Signed-off-by: zhongzhenx.liu <zhongzhenx.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
1.Modify hybrid update ubuntu grub Note: The syntax is easy for users to understand.
2.Add to view the serial port number, enter the serial hybrid verification mode.
3.Delete the kernel, because the config_uos file has been abandoned for maintenance,
now the Ubuntu native kernel image is used and added to the document.
4.Add to view the serial port number, enter the serial port logic_partition verification method.
Signed-off-by: zhongzhenx.liu <zhongzhenx.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
ACRN will not maintain User VM kernel config any more;
ovmf will be used to launch L2 guest by default.
Signed-off-by: fuzhongl <fuzhong.liu@eintel.com>
Reviewed-by: gvancuts <geoffroy.vancutsem@intel.com>
Over time, and after deleting or moving documents around, we've left
behind quite the collection of unreferenced images. It's time to clean
them out of the doc folders.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
When GVT-g support was removed from ACRN some documentation changes were
missed. Delete the GVT-g HLD docs and the images it used. Also fix
references in the old release notes so they don't depend on this deleted
document. (The original release notes are still in the archived release
docs.)
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
When we removed Clear Linux documentation in the v2.2 release, we
created redirect pages for the deleted /latest document referring folks
to the v2.1 documentation that last supported Clear Linunx. It's time
to remove this common redirect page.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
* General scan for misspellings, "smart quotes", and formatting errors
missed during regular review. Also removed used of "please".
* Fix old XML examples that had desc="..." comments. These comments were
moved to to xsd files instead of being in the XML files themselves.
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
1. Because the < > in the document will mislead users to copy and paste directly,
modify the < > to " ".
Add sample diagrams for user reference.
2. Because there is a problem with the user adding the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=text
parameter, delete this parameter.
3. The script generation of launch_uos_id3.sh does not match the GitHub and doc,
modify the parameters.
Signed-off-by: zhongzhenx.liu <zhongzhenx.liu@intel.com>
* Update and simplify our What is ACRN document.
* Removed SDC disussion and out-of-date best known configuration
descriptions and scenario block diagrams
* Removed I/O Mediator discussion from "What is ACRN" and move
referenced label to content in the HLD overview (that was duplicated in
"What is ACRN")
* Updated images for scenarios and removed obsolete images
* Add references to new overview docs and GSG
* Add general description of VMs in example scenarios
Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <david.b.kinder@intel.com>
Geoffroy Van Cutsem