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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] s390-ccw.img: fix sporadic boot errors


From: Peter Maydell
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 0/3] s390-ccw.img: fix sporadic boot errors
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:21:47 +0000

On 13 February 2014 09:17, Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden> wrote:
> Peter, Anthony,
>
> The following changes since commit 9d74f6fef0801ca2ce5c9d38d59b85bf03c27669:
>
>   Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/alon/pull-libcacard.glusterfs' into 
> staging (2014-02-12 17:53:31 +0000)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>
>   git://github.com/borntraeger/qemu.git tags/ipl-20140213
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 669d13daaf31e81463d081f59ee88e4f75dc7538:
>
>   s390-ccw.img: new binary rom to match latest fixes (2014-02-13 09:59:21 
> +0100)
>
>
> These changes make the reipl more robust.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> This fixes two sporadic errors on reboot when the s390-ccw.img
> is used. Both problems are related to qemus elf loader only caring
> about PT_LOAD sections: This results in a non-zero bss section
> after reboot. This makes static variables non-zero.
>
> This quick fix initializes all variables. Long term we might
> also want to clear out the bss section.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Christian Borntraeger (3):
>       s390-ccw.img: Fix sporadic reboot hangs: Initialize next_idx
>       s390-ccw.img: Fix sporadic errors with ccw boot image - initialize css
>       s390-ccw.img: new binary rom to match latest fixes

I couldn't find these patches anywhere on the list when I searched
my archives -- have they been through the usual review process?

thanks
-- PMM



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