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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC
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Jeremy Kerr |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine |
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Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:34:42 +0800 |
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Hi Andrew,
> This patch series models enough of the ASPEED AST2400 ARM9 SoC[0] to
> boot an aspeed_defconfig Linux kernel[1][2]. Specifically, the series
> implements the ASPEED timer and VIC devices, integrates them into an
> AST2400 SoC and exposes it all through a new opbmc2400 machine. The
> device model patches only partially implement the hardware features of
> the timer and VIC, again mostly just enough to boot Linux.
Awesome! Nice to have these patches escaping the lab :)
In terms of naming suggestions: I think this depends on what we're
looking to emulate here. I see two options:
The qemu platform becomes a "reference" for OpenPOWER bmc hardware, but
doesn't necessarily align with an actual machine. In that case,
something generic like opbmc-<SoC> would make sense.
On the other hand, if we'd like to create qemu platforms that represent
actual machines (eg, the OpenPOWER "palmetto" machine), then
<PLATFORM>-bmc would seem more appropriate. In this case, the machine
name would be palmetto-bmc. No need to include the SoC name in that, as
it's defined by the hardware implementation.
I think the latter option may be more generally useful.
Regards,
Jeremy
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 2/4] hw/intc: Add (new) ASPEED VIC device model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 3/4] hw/arm: Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 4/4] hw/arm: Add opbmc2400, an AST2400 OpenPOWER BMC machine, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 1/4] hw/timer: Add ASPEED timer device model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine,
Jeremy Kerr <=