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Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the Op
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS |
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Tue, 3 Dec 2019 14:39:58 +0100 |
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On 03/12/19 14:16, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 03/12/2019 14.04, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 03/12/19 10:15, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>>>>> Maybe we can rename this as read_boot_order_mm, and the previous
>>>>>> read_boot_order_pc as read_boot_order_io.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think it makes much sense. This was completely specific to the
>>>>> "prep" machine, even the "40p" machine seems to prefer fw_cfg nowadays.
>>>>> So let's simply remove this old stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/tests/endianness-test.c b/tests/endianness-test.c
>>>>>> index 58527952a5..2798802c63 100644
>>>>>> --- a/tests/endianness-test.c
>>>>>> +++ b/tests/endianness-test.c
>>>>>> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static const TestCase test_cases[] = {
>>>>>> { "mips64", "malta", 0x10000000, .bswap = true },
>>>>>> { "mips64el", "fulong2e", 0x1fd00000 },
>>>>>> { "ppc", "g3beige", 0xfe000000, .bswap = true, .superio =
>>>>>> "i82378" },
>>>>>> - { "ppc", "prep", 0x80000000, .bswap = true },
>>>>>> + { "ppc", "40p", 0x80000000, .bswap = true },
>>>>
>>>> ... here you access the Super I/O behind the PCI bridge via MMIO?
>>>
>>> The difference is that this is an *arbitrary* address in I/O space
>>> there.
>>
>> No, it's the base address of the ISA space, to which the tests add the
>> address of the pc-testdev device. It's not any different from the
>> 0x80000000 in boot-order-test.
>
> Hmm, interesting. Why is it not necessary to set up the BARs of the
> PCI-to-ISA bridge in this case?
I don't know. Maybe the machine doesn't need it, since these are not
really BARs, since they are positive-decode addresses on the ISA bus.
It may also be an emulation inaccuracy in the pc87312 ISA bridge.
Paolo
>> That said, I think it's a sensible objection that boot order doesn't
>> come from m48t59 on 40p (does it not?).
> Right. I'm also not an expert here, but I think the OpenBIOS on 40p
> rather uses fw_cfg instead.
>
> Thomas
>
- [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Thomas Huth, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Thomas Huth, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Thomas Huth, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Paolo Bonzini, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Thomas Huth, 2019/12/03
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- Re: [PATCH] hw/ppc/prep: Remove the deprecated "prep" machine and the OpenHackware BIOS, Mark Cave-Ayland, 2019/12/03