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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [RFC PATCH 00/17] target/ppc: Implement POWER9 pseries tc


From: David Gibson
Subject: Re: [Qemu-ppc] [RFC PATCH 00/17] target/ppc: Implement POWER9 pseries tcg legacy kernel support
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 13:16:00 +1100
User-agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04)

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 05:28:06PM +1100, Suraj Jitindar Singh wrote:
> This patch set provides the initial implementation of support for the 
> POWER9 processor running in tcg mode under the pseries machine type.
> 
> To use a POWER9 cpu provide the command line option "-cpu POWER9".
> 
> This is the initial work to make the mmu emulation model look like a POWER9
> 
> Currently only legacy kernels are supported (hash without segment tables).
> 
> This patch set will be followed by two more in the near future to support
> the new process table capabilities added in ISAv3.00; hash via segment
> tables and radix. Kernels with support for this will currently fail when
> they try to register a process table as this isn't yet implemented.
> 
> The assumption is that we're running a legacy kernel, in the event the
> guest registers a process table (when support exists) we will handle it
> accordingly.
> 
> The main changes are:
>  - Define a new mmu model and fault handler
>  - Add new LPCR fields and check them accordingly
>  - Add a partition table entry to the machine state
>  - Point to the partition table entry in the cpu state
>  - Remove SDR1
>  - Adapt to new pte format
>  - NOOP the cp_abort instruction
>  - Small bug fixes
> 
> This was intially one huge patch so I've tried to break it up into what I
> think are logical chunks, how exactly this should be split up is up for 
> debate.
> 
> A current upstream kernel with POWER9 support added to the architecture
> vector should correctly report a POWER9 cpu under /proc/cpuinfo.

I've merged 14-16/17 since they seem to stand on their own as fixes.

> 
> Suraj Jitindar Singh (17):
>   powerpc/cpu-models: rename ISAv3.00 logical PVR definition
>   hw/ppc/spapr: Add POWER9 to pseries cpu models
>   target/ppc: Add pcr_supported to POWER9 cpu class definition
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add ISAv3.00 MMU definition
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Adapt LPCR handling for POWER9
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Direct all instr and data storage interrupts to the
>     hypv
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add partition table pointer to sPAPRMachineState
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add external partition table pointer to cpu state
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Remove SDR1 register
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add POWER9 mmu fault handler
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Update to new pte format for POWER9 accesses
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add POWER9 pa-features definition
>   target/ppc/POWER9: Add cpu_has_work function for POWER9
>   target/ppc/debug: Print LPCR register value if register exists
>   tcg/POWER9: NOOP the cp_abort instruction
>   target/ppc/mmu_hash64: Fix printing unsigned as signed int
>   target/ppc/mmu_hash64: Fix incorrect shift value in amr calculation
> 
>  hw/ppc/spapr.c              | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c     | 15 +++++++-
>  hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c        | 51 +++++++++++++------------
>  include/hw/ppc/spapr.h      |  1 +
>  target/ppc/cpu-models.h     |  2 +-
>  target/ppc/cpu-qom.h        |  5 ++-
>  target/ppc/cpu.h            | 24 +++++++++++-
>  target/ppc/kvm.c            | 10 ++++-
>  target/ppc/mmu-hash64.c     | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  target/ppc/mmu-hash64.h     | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  target/ppc/mmu.h            | 27 +++++++++++++
>  target/ppc/mmu_helper.c     | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  target/ppc/translate.c      | 14 ++++++-
>  target/ppc/translate_init.c | 92 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  14 files changed, 418 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 target/ppc/mmu.h
> 

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