enable SMP support for aarch64 #1705
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On aarch64, uhyve doesn't support the ARM PrimeCell Real Time Clock(PL031). To detemine the unix timestamp, the kernel uses bootinfo to determine the boot time
Hereby, the usage of u128 can be prevented
- reusing functions from rust-aarch64
To realize SMP support, the entry point for new cores is implemented in smp_start. The boot core ask the hypervisor to wakeup new cores at this entry point. In addition, the latest version of arm-gic is used, to support GIC v3 and v4.
This was referenced May 4, 2025
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To realize SMP support, the entry point for new cores is implemented in
smp_start. The boot core ask the hypervisor to wakeup new cores at this entry point.In addition, the latest version of arm-gic is used, to support GIC v3 and v4.
This PR depends on #1703 and closes #737