Texas Instruments tideP-0095 Guide

Demonstrating the
Jailhouse Hypervisor Virtualization
on the Sitara AM572x Reference Design
TI Design: http://www.ti.com/tool/tidep-0095

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Jailhouse Overview
Linux
Bare Metal
or
RTOS
Jailhouse Hypervisor
Hardware
CPU 0 CPU 1
Root Cell (Non-root) Cell
Application
Inmate
Application
The Jailhouse Linux-based partitioning hypervisor is an open-source project:
https://github.com/siemens/jailhouse

Jailhouse Initialization on AM572x
Linux
ARM A15
Core 0
Linux
Jailhouse Hypervisor
Linux
Jailhouse Hypervisor
ARM A15
Core 1
ARM A15
Core 0
ARM A15
Core 1
ARM A15
Core 0
ARM A15
Core 1
Root Cell Root Cell
Inmate
Cell

Jailhouse Hypervisor Demonstration Overview
Processor SDK Jailhouse Hypervisor Wiki:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Processor_SDK_Jailhouse_Hypervisor
Set Up Hardware Install Software
Boot Board
With Prebuilt
SD Card
Enable Jailhouse
Validate
Root Cell and
Inmate Functions

Set Up Hardware
Set Up Hardware Install Software
Boot Board
With Prebuilt
SD Card
Enable Jailhouse
Validate
Root Cell and
Inmate Functions

Supported Hardware
AM5728 EVM AM5728 IDK
http://www.ti.com/tool/TMDSEVM572X http://www.ti.com/tool/TMDXIDK5728

Set Up Hardware
Host
ETH
USB
Serial
ETH

Install Software
Set Up Hardware Install Software
Boot Board
With Prebuilt
SD Card
Enable Jailhouse
Validate
Root Cell and
Inmate Functions

Jailhouse Software
•jailhouse.ko kernel module is located in the directory:
/lib/modules/4.9.28-<gitid>/extra/driver
•jailhouse.bin hypervisor is located in the directory:
/lib/firmware
•Jailhouse management tools are located in the following directories:
/usr/local/libexec/jailhouse
/usr/sbin