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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [RFC v3 1/2] target/ppc/cpu-models: set POWER9_v1.0 as PO
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David Gibson |
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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [RFC v3 1/2] target/ppc/cpu-models: set POWER9_v1.0 as POWER9 DD1 |
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Tue, 4 Jul 2017 19:25:49 +1000 |
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On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 10:56:56AM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> On 04/07/2017 10:51, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 09:42:33 +0200
> > Thomas Huth <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> On 03.07.2017 15:14, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> >>> CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD1 is 0x004E0100, so this is the POWER9 v1.0.
> >>>
> >>> When we run qemu on a POWER9 DD1 host, we must use either
> >>> "-cpu host" or "-cpu POWER9", but in the latter case it fails with
> >>>
> >>> Unable to find sPAPR CPU Core definition
> >>>
> >>> because POWER9 DD1 doesn't appear in the list of known CPUs.
> >>>
> >>> This patch fixes this by defining POWER9_v1.0 with POWER9 DD1
> >>> PVR instead of CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_BASE. It also adds POWER_v2.0
> >>> with POWER9 DD2 PVR to avoid to trigger kernel POWER9 DD1 workaround
> >>> in TCG mode.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <address@hidden>
> >>> ---
> >>> hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c | 5 ++++-
> >>> target/ppc/cpu-models.c | 6 ++++--
> >>> target/ppc/cpu-models.h | 1 +
> >>> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> >>> index 9fb896b..00918a5 100644
> >>> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> >>> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> >>> @@ -249,8 +249,11 @@ static const char *spapr_core_models[] = {
> >>> /* POWER8NVL */
> >>> "POWER8NVL_v1.0",
> >>>
> >>> - /* POWER9 */
> >>> + /* POWER9 DD1 */
> >>> "POWER9_v1.0",
> >>> +
> >>> + /* POWER9 DD2 */
> >>> + "POWER9_v2.0",
> >>
> >> In case you re-spin, what about a more compact listing:
> >>
> >> /* POWER9 */
> >> "POWER9_v1.0",
> >> "POWER9_v2.0",
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >
> > I second that but anyway:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
> >
> >> Anyway, patch looks good to me, so:
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> >
>
> I agree, but as I was focused on the problem with "-cpu POWER9" I forgot
> to update the first patch.
Ok, we can do that as a follow up.
I think it would also be good to add a comment saying which of the DD2
variants that PVR is for. Optionally, we could add PVRs for the other
variants. I don't think it matters which variant we point the POWER9
alias at.
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[Qemu-ppc] [RFC v3 2/2] target/ppc: move POWER9 DD1 workaround to ppc_cpu_initfn, Laurent Vivier, 2017/07/03
Re: [Qemu-ppc] [RFC v3 0/2] target/ppc/cpu-models: set POWER9_v1.0 as POWER9 DD1, David Gibson, 2017/07/04