[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] i386: cpu: remove duplicate feature names
From: |
Blue Swirl |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] i386: cpu: remove duplicate feature names |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:19:14 +0000 |
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:
> The problem:
>
> - Some features are report at the same time on both CPUID[1].EDX and
> CPUID[8000_0001].EDX on AMD CPUs (e.g. fpu, tsc, msr, pae, mmx).
> - "-cpu <model>,+feature" should enable the bit only on CPUID[1] if
> it's not an AMD CPU, but it should enable the bit on both CPUID[1] and
> CPUID[8000_0001] if it's an AMD CPU.
> - The same should happen when implementing CPU properties: setting the
> property that enables a feature should set the duplicate
> CPUID[8000_0001].EDX
> bit only if CPU vendor is AMD.
>
> Reference: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/166024
>
> The solution implemented by this series is:
> - On the CPU model table and while parsing CPU options/properties, set the
> bit
> only on CPUID[1] (the x86_def_t.features field).
> - When finishing initialization of the CPU cpuid fields, duplicate those
> feature bits on cpuid_ext2_features if and only if the CPU vendor is AMD.
>
> This series depends on the "x86 CPU patches that didn't get into 1.2" series:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/168633
> Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Thanks, applied all.
>
>
> Eduardo Habkost (5):
> i386: kvm: bit 10 of CPUID[8000_0001].EDX is reserved
> i386: kvm: use a #define for the set of alias feature bits
> i386: cpu: replace EXT2_FEATURE_MASK with CPUID_EXT2_AMD_ALIASES
> i386: cpu: eliminate duplicate feature names
> i386: -cpu help: remove reference to specific CPUID leaves/registers
>
> target-i386/cpu.c | 59
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> target-i386/cpu.h | 12 +++++++++++
> target-i386/kvm.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.7.11.4
>
>
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] i386: -cpu help: remove reference to specific CPUID leaves/registers, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] i386: kvm: use a #define for the set of alias feature bits, Eduardo Habkost, 2012/09/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] i386: cpu: replace EXT2_FEATURE_MASK with CPUID_EXT2_AMD_ALIASES, Eduardo Habkost, 2012/09/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] i386: cpu: eliminate duplicate feature names, Eduardo Habkost, 2012/09/06
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] i386: kvm: bit 10 of CPUID[8000_0001].EDX is reserved, Eduardo Habkost, 2012/09/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] i386: cpu: remove duplicate feature names, Igor Mammedov, 2012/09/26
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] i386: cpu: remove duplicate feature names,
Blue Swirl <=