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manual/generic/linux/kvm-arm64-guest-on-arm64-host

Description

Test kvm running on arm64 bit guest on arm64 bit host

Maintainer

  • naresh.kamboju@linaro.org

OS

  • ubuntu
  • openembedded

Scope

  • functional

Devices

  • hi6220-hikey

Steps to reproduce

  • Boot arm64 bit board
  • After boot success check for "ls /dev/kvm" kvm device entry
  • If /dev/kvm not found, mark test case as not applicable and exit
  • Else continue below steps for installation of required packages
  • Run "sudo apt-get update"
  • Run "sudo apt-get install qemu-system wget xz-utils"
  • Use arm64 kernel Image from /boot
  • cp /boot/vmlinuz-uname -r Image
  • Use arm64 initrd.img from /boot
  • {'Note': 'please double check is it Debian initrd image or CentOS initrd'}
  • {'Note': 'please check the name of initrd file under /boot and kernel version appended to file name'}
  • cp /boot/initrd.img-uname -r initrd.img
  • Execute the following command to download arm64 minimal rootfs
  • wget http://testdata.validation.linaro.org/kvm/kvm-aarch64.qcow2.xz
  • xz -d kvm-arm64.qcow2.xz
  • Test arm64 guest Image on arm64 host
  • Run "qemu-system-aarch64 -smp 2 -m 512 -cpu host -machine type=virt,gic-version=host -kernel Image -initrd initrd.img -append 'root=/dev/vda2 rw rootwait console=ttyAMA0,38400n8 earlycon=pl011,0x9000000' -device virtio-blk-device,drive=image -drive if=none,id=image,file=kvm-aarch64.qcow2 -nographic -enable-kvm 2>&1 | tee tee kvm-arm64.log"
  • Wait for couple of minutes let the qemu start booting guest kernel