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

[Christian Borntraeger]

On 13/02/14 10:21, Peter Maydell wrote:
> 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?

You are right, not yet on qemu-devel. Since these patches are also part
of the mail thread, lets just wait some days and let also wait for
Alex' NACK/ACK.

Christian