Re: [Qemu-arm] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/8] hw/arm/virt: Add a GPIO controller

[Pavel Fedin]

 Hello!

> >> ACPI 5.0 supports GPIO-signaled ACPI Events. This can be used for
> >> powerdown, hotplug evnets. Add a GPIO controller in machine virt,
> > s/evnets/events/
> >
> >> to support powerdown, maybe can be used for cpu hotplug. And
> >> here we use pl061.

 Sorry for late jumping in, but this was the first message Cc'ed to me.
 With these devices virt machine IMHO goes farther and farther away from its 
initial goal: be a minimalistic virtual box, which ensures maximum possible 
compatibility and portability.
 virt machine already supports poweroff using PSCI interface. Why we need to 
add more hardware? Can't ACPI deal with PSCI?
 To tell the truth, i dislike ACPI + EFI thing at all. It looks like cramming 
PC-oriented firmware into architecture for which it was never meant to be 
written. Too much overcomplications, we drop already established things and 
reinvent a (triangular) wheel, but what's the purpose? Is it being done only 
because vendors want obscure proprietary firmware instead of old good u-boot?

Kind regards,
Pavel Fedin
Expert Engineer
Samsung Electronics Research center Russia