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(clg@kaod.org@195.212.29.165) by ns0.ovh.net with SMTP; 15 Mar 2016 12:25:41 +0200 To: andrew@aj.id.au, Jeremy Kerr , Peter Maydell References: <1457928832-31026-1-git-send-email-andrew@aj.id.au> <56E790E2.7040006@ozlabs.org> <1458018080.29435.20.camel@aj.id.au> From: =?UTF-8?Q?C=c3=a9dric_Le_Goater?= Message-ID: <56E7E31B.20703@kaod.org> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:25:31 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/38.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1458018080.29435.20.camel@aj.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 16367488421530536881 X-Ovh-Remote: 195.212.29.165 (deibp9eh1--blueice1n3.emea.ibm.com) X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-OVH-SPAMSTATE: OK X-OVH-SPAMSCORE: -100 X-OVH-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeekjedrleekucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuqfggjfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddm X-VR-SPAMSTATE: OK X-VR-SPAMSCORE: -100 X-VR-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeekjedrleekgddufecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfqggfjnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhsucdlqddutddtmd X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 87.98.179.66 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:17:16 -0400 Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine X-BeenThere: qemu-arm@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-arm-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-arm-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org X-TUID: 4z3aSCUce3C7 On 03/15/2016 06:01 AM, Andrew Jeffery wrote: > On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 12:34 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote: >> 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. > > Okay, agreed, I'll rework the change to use palmetto-bmc for the > machine name. Thanks for the feedback. Yes. palmetto-bmc is good choice. Palmetto is a reference machine for OpenPOWER. May be change also : + mc->desc = "OpenPOWER AST2400 BMC (ARM926EJ-S)"; to reflect that choice. Thanks, C. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60755) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afmBA-0007Xn-BK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:26:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afmB7-00047i-5x for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:26:20 -0400 Received: from 19.mo4.mail-out.ovh.net ([87.98.179.66]:34783) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afmB7-00046g-03 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 06:26:17 -0400 Received: from mail178.ha.ovh.net (b9.ovh.net [213.186.33.59]) by mo4.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 696FF1064022 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:26:13 +0100 (CET) References: <1457928832-31026-1-git-send-email-andrew@aj.id.au> <56E790E2.7040006@ozlabs.org> <1458018080.29435.20.camel@aj.id.au> From: =?UTF-8?Q?C=c3=a9dric_Le_Goater?= Message-ID: <56E7E31B.20703@kaod.org> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:25:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1458018080.29435.20.camel@aj.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/4] Add ASPEED AST2400 SoC and OpenPower BMC machine List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: andrew@aj.id.au, Jeremy Kerr , Peter Maydell Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 03/15/2016 06:01 AM, Andrew Jeffery wrote: > On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 12:34 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote: >> 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. > > Okay, agreed, I'll rework the change to use palmetto-bmc for the > machine name. Thanks for the feedback. Yes. palmetto-bmc is good choice. Palmetto is a reference machine for OpenPOWER. May be change also : + mc->desc = "OpenPOWER AST2400 BMC (ARM926EJ-S)"; to reflect that choice. Thanks, C.