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Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC m
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Andrew Jeffery |
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Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:31:20 +1030 |
On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 12:34 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> 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- 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
> -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.
Okay, agreed, I'll rework the change to use palmetto-bmc for the
machine name. Thanks for the feedback.
Andrew
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- [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 3/4] hw/arm: Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 1/4] hw/timer: Add ASPEED timer device model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 2/4] hw/intc: Add (new) ASPEED VIC device model, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 4/4] hw/arm: Add opbmc2400, an AST2400 OpenPOWER BMC machine, Andrew Jeffery, 2016/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine, Jeremy Kerr, 2016/03/15
- Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine,
Andrew Jeffery <=