Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC 1/5] target-arm: add ARM946E-S CPU

[Peter Crosthwaite]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Antony Pavlov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:44:38 +0100
> Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 29 August 2013 10:33, Antony Pavlov <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > This is slightly altered version of ARM946E-S CPU code
>> > from EOS QEMU (Magic Lantern project) so nearly all
>> > credits go to @a1ex.
>> >
>> > ARM946E-S Technical Reference Manual can be found here:
>> > http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0201d/index.html
>>
>> I think the CPU we label "arm946" *is* an ARM946E-S -- there's
>> no other TRM or variant of the 946 listed on the ARM website.
>> If we're inaccurate about something we should just fix it (and
>> that should be safe since there's no existing board model which
>> uses the 946).
>
> I have just run barebox on conventional "arm946" qemu CPU. It works fine.
> IMHO just now we can drop this patch.
>
> If Magic Lantern or CHDK need some specific initial CPU CP15 register state
> then we can fix it in the platform code without defining new CPU type.
>
> Any comments?

Object properties the solution?

Regards,
Peter

>
> --
> Best regards,
>   Antony Pavlov
>