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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] add ACPI node for fw_cfg on pc and arm
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Marc Marí |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] add ACPI node for fw_cfg on pc and arm |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:49:43 +0100 |
On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 21:57:13 -0500
"Gabriel L. Somlo" <address@hidden> wrote:
> New since v4:
>
> - rebased on top of Marc's DMA series
> - drop machine compat dependency for insertion into x86/ssdt
> (patch 3/5), following agreement between Igor and Eduardo
> - [mm]io register range now covers DMA register as well, if
> available.
> - s/bios/firmware in doc file updates
>
> Thanks,
> --Gabriel
>
> >New since v3:
> >
> > - rebased to work on top of 87e896ab (introducing pc-*-25
> > classes), inserting fw_cfg acpi node only for machines >=
> > 2.5.
> >
> > - reintroduce _STA with value 0x0B (bit 2 for u/i visibility
> > turned off to avoid Windows complaining -- thanks Igor for
> > catching that!)
> >
> >If there's any other feedback besides questions regarding the
> >appropriateness of "QEMU0002" as the value of _HID, please don't
> >hesitate!
> >
> >>New since v2:
> >>
> >> - pc/i386 node in ssdt only on machine types *newer* than
> >> 2.4 (as suggested by Eduardo)
> >>
> >>I appreciate any further comments and reviews. Hopefully we can make
> >>this palatable for upstream, modulo the lingering concerns about
> >>whether "QEMU0002" is ok to use as the value of _HID, which I'll
> >>hopefully get sorted out with the kernel crew...
> >>
> >>>New since v1:
> >>>
> >>> - expose control register size (suggested by Marc Marí)
> >>>
> >>> - leaving out _UID and _STA fields (thanks Shannon & Igor)
> >>>
> >>> - using "QEMU0002" as the value of _HID (thanks Michael)
> >>>
> >>> - added documentation blurb to docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
> >>> (mainly to record usage of the "QEMU0002" string with
> >>> fw_cfg).
> >>>
> >>>> This series adds a fw_cfg device node to the SSDT (on pc), or to
> >>>> the DSDT (on arm).
> >>>>
> >>>> - Patch 1/3 moves (and renames) the BIOS_CFG_IOPORT
> >>>> (0x510) define from pc.c to pc.h, so that it could be used from
> >>>> acpi-build.c in patch 2/3.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Patch 2/3 adds a fw_cfg node to the pc SSDT.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Patch 3/3 adds a fw_cfg node to the arm DSDT.
> >>>>
> >>>> I made up some names - "FWCF" for the node name, and "FWCF0001"
> >>>> for _HID; no idea whether that's appropriate, or how else I
> >>>> should figure out what to use instead...
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, using scope "\\_SB", based on where fw_cfg shows up in the
> >>>> output of "info qtree". Again, if that's wrong, please point me
> >>>> in the right direction.
> >>>>
> >>>> Re. 3/3 (also mentioned after the commit blurb in the patch
> >>>> itself), I noticed none of the other DSDT entries contain a _STA
> >>>> field, wondering why it would (not) make sense to include that,
> >>>> same as on the PC.
> Gabriel L. Somlo (5):
> fw_cfg: expose control register size in fw_cfg.h
> pc: fw_cfg: move ioport base constant to pc.h
> acpi: pc: add fw_cfg device node to ssdt
> acpi: arm: add fw_cfg device node to dsdt
> fw_cfg: document ACPI device node information
>
> docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt | 9 +++++++++
> hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> hw/i386/acpi-build.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> hw/i386/pc.c | 5 ++---
> hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c | 4 +++-
> include/hw/i386/pc.h | 2 ++
> include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h | 3 +++
> 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
Thanks for your work on this series and the other series and sorry I
couldn't be more active in the last few weeks.
Reviewed-by: Marc Marí <address@hidden>
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] add ACPI node for fw_cfg on pc and arm, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 1/5] fw_cfg: expose control register size in fw_cfg.h, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 4/5] acpi: arm: add fw_cfg device node to dsdt, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 5/5] fw_cfg: document ACPI device node information, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 2/5] pc: fw_cfg: move ioport base constant to pc.h, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 3/5] acpi: pc: add fw_cfg device node to ssdt, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] add ACPI node for fw_cfg on pc and arm,
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5 0/5] add ACPI node for fw_cfg on pc and arm, Gabriel L. Somlo, 2015/11/23