From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by 10.25.208.211 with SMTP id h202csp368398lfg; Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:35:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.135.84 with SMTP id 81mr37783259qhh.26.1458016513218; Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org. [2001:4830:134:3::11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d126si24884070qkb.84.2016.03.14.21.35.13 for (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of qemu-devel-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org designates 2001:4830:134:3::11 as permitted sender) client-ip=2001:4830:134:3::11; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of qemu-devel-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org designates 2001:4830:134:3::11 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:45380 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afghM-0002UJ-PL for alex.bennee@linaro.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:35:12 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47924) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afgh3-0002C2-HB for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:34:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afgh2-00058q-M5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:34:53 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:49286) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afggy-00056O-5D; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 00:34:48 -0400 Received: from authenticated.ozlabs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3qPMGW0xSWz9s2k; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:34:43 +1100 (AEDT) To: Andrew Jeffery , Peter Maydell References: <1457928832-31026-1-git-send-email-andrew@aj.id.au> From: Jeremy Kerr Message-ID: <56E790E2.7040006@ozlabs.org> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:34:42 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1457928832-31026-1-git-send-email-andrew@aj.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 103.22.144.67 Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, =?UTF-8?Q?C=c3=a9dric_Le_Goater?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org X-TUID: qpOuL+S5NFsA Hi Andrew, > This patch series models enough of the ASPEED AST2400 ARM9 SoC[0] to > boot an aspeed_defconfig Linux kernel[1][2]. Specifically, the series > implements the ASPEED timer and VIC devices, integrates them into an > AST2400 SoC and exposes it all through a new opbmc2400 machine. The > device model patches only partially implement the hardware features of > the timer and VIC, again mostly just enough to boot Linux. Awesome! Nice to have these patches escaping the lab :) In terms of naming suggestions: I think this depends on what we're looking to emulate here. I see two options: The qemu platform becomes a "reference" for OpenPOWER bmc hardware, but doesn't necessarily align with an actual machine. In that case, something generic like opbmc- would make sense. On the other hand, if we'd like to create qemu platforms that represent actual machines (eg, the OpenPOWER "palmetto" machine), then -bmc would seem more appropriate. In this case, the machine name would be palmetto-bmc. No need to include the SoC name in that, as it's defined by the hardware implementation. I think the latter option may be more generally useful. Regards, Jeremy