Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/8] Add Generic PCI host device update

[Claudio Fontana <claudio.fontana@huawei.com>]

On 11.11.2014 05:22, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 6:00 PM, alvise rigo
>> <a.rigo@virtualopensystems.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Claudio,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Claudio Fontana
>>> <claudio.fontana@huawei.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alvise,
>>>>
>>>> I now got to test the series for my use case, in particular to enable the
>>>> ARM 64bit OSv guest (OSv's devices come from pci + virtio).
>>>>
>>>> Could you respin the series, possibly including also Rob's patches,
>>>> addressing the issues which have been raised before?
>>>
>>> Yes, I hope to have something for the next week.
>>
>> I have tested this serials with Rob's two patches, and it works fine
>> on ARMv7 VM, but ARMv8 VM can't boot.  'git bisect' told
>> me the 1st bad patch is below one:
>>
>>       generic_pci: generate dt node after devices init
> 
> That is because you didn't support 'cortex-a57' and 'host',
> so please add that in your next version.
> 
> Thanks
> Ming Lei
> 

Hi,

I noticed that as well, but it actually somehow works for me on AArch64 with a kvm guest (OSv),
after some fighting (there is a QEMU issue that could be addressed in fact but it's OT).

However by all means do add explicit cortex-a57 and host support as needed..

Ciao,

Claudio