NVIDIA DRIVE™ Hypervisor

Privileged software component optimized to run on the ARM® based Cortex-A57 MPCore. Hypervisor separates system resources between multiple VM partitions. Each partition can run an operating system or a bare-metal application. The Hypervisor manages:

• I/O resource allocation and sharing between partitions

Boot Loader

Responsible for loading Foundation images.

Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.

Early Boot Partition

Provides early display of video images.

Flashing tools

Allows flashing and updating Foundation components and Guest OS partitions.

Based on NVIDIA Bootburn technology.

I2C Server

A Bare metal partition that manages I/O device sharing between partitions.

OS Loader

Responsible for loading OS images. Implements OS specific boot protocol for NVIDIA DRIVE™ platforms.

Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.

Partition Configuration Tool

Allows configuring partition parameters and resource allocation

Partition Loader

Responsible for loading Guest OS boot image into partition container. Additionally:

Based on NVIDIA Quickboot technology.

Monitor Partition

 

Monitors partitions, including:

RM Server

Manages isolated hardware services for:

• Graphics and computation (GPU)

• Codecs (MM)

• Display and video capture I/O

System Memory Management Unit (SMMU) Server

Bare metal partition responsible for Tegra SMMU management for I/O device memory access protection between partitions

Virtualization Storage Client Server (VSC)

Controls access to a single eMMC device and virtualizes this device so that VMs see the device as a set of individual disks. VSC also controls and secures access to partitions on the eMMC device from multiple guests