[PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: docs: Describe how to test with QEMU

[PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: docs: Describe how to test with QEMU

[Stanley Jhu]

QEMU emulates a UFS host controller and logical units, but the kernel
tree does not mention it, so developers without UFS hardware have no
documented way to exercise the UFS core.

Add a short section with the required kernel options, an example QEMU
command line, and what the emulation does not cover.

Signed-off-by: Stanley Jhu <stanleyjhu@google.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- State the minimum QEMU versions for ufs and mcq=on (Bean Huo)
- Mark /dev/sda as an example (Bean Huo)
- Say the emulation accepts but does not model the link startup,
  hibernate, DME and power mode UIC commands, and that DME and power
  mode need QEMU 11.1 (Bean Huo)

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261011103319.820657-1-stanleyjhu@google.com/

 Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst b/Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst
index a7b2b2ed1c3a..06f1b9b4e8dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/ufs.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Universal Flash Storage
      3.4 SCSI Error handling
    4. BSG Support
    5. UFS Reference Clock Frequency configuration
+   6. Testing with QEMU
 
 
 1. Overview
@@ -208,3 +209,40 @@ the UFS specification. UFS subsystem will attempt to read the value when
 executing common controller initialization. If the value is available, UFS
 subsystem will ensure the bRefClkFreq attribute of the UFS storage device is
 set accordingly and will modify it if there is a mismatch.
+
+6. Testing with QEMU
+====================
+
+QEMU emulates a UFS host controller as a PCI device named "ufs" and
+logical units named "ufs-lu". This can be used to test changes to the
+UFS core and to ufshcd-pci without UFS hardware.
+
+The "ufs" and "ufs-lu" devices are available since QEMU 8.2, and the
+"mcq" property since QEMU 9.1.
+
+Enable the following kernel options on top of the architecture
+defconfig::
+
+	CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD=y
+	CONFIG_SCSI_UFSHCD_PCI=y
+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
+
+Example for an arm64 guest with one 1 GiB logical unit::
+
+	qemu-img create -f raw ufs.img 1G
+	qemu-system-aarch64 -M virt -cpu max -smp 4 -m 2G -nographic \
+		-kernel arch/arm64/boot/Image -initrd rootfs.cpio.gz \
+		-append "console=ttyAMA0" \
+		-drive file=ufs.img,if=none,id=lu0,format=raw \
+		-device ufs,id=ufs0,serial=0001,mcq=on \
+		-device ufs-lu,drive=lu0,bus=ufs0,lun=0
+
+The logical unit appears as a SCSI disk (for example /dev/sda). Drop
+"mcq=on" to test the single doorbell mode instead of MCQ. The same
+-device options work with qemu-system-x86_64.
+
+The emulation accepts the link startup and hibernate enter/exit UIC
+commands and, since QEMU 11.1, DME get/set and the power mode change
+sequence, but it does not model UniPro, M-PHY or the resulting link
+state. Clock gating hardware and vendor host drivers are not exercised
+either. Changes in those areas still need testing on real hardware.
-- 
2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog

Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: docs: Describe how to test with QEMU

[Bean Huo]

On Mon, 2026-10-12 at 20:00 +0800, Stanley Jhu wrote:
> +QEMU emulates a UFS host controller as a PCI device named "ufs" and
> +logical units named "ufs-lu". This can be used to test changes to the
> +UFS core and to ufshcd-pci without UFS hardware.
> +
> +The "ufs" and "ufs-lu" devices are available since QEMU 8.2, and the
> +"mcq" property since QEMU 9.1.

Thanks for v2. The 8.2 and 9.1 versions match the QEMU history.

Reviewed-by: Bean Huo <beanhuo@micron.com>

thanks, 
Bean

Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: docs: Describe how to test with QEMU

[Stanley Jhu]

I missed Alim's tag on v1 [1] when sending v2. The v2 changes are
wording fixes only, so carrying it over:

Reviewed-by: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@samsung.com>

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/000001dd5a07$2fb3b400$8f1b1c00$@samsung.com/

Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: ufs: docs: Describe how to test with QEMU

[Martin K. Petersen]

Stanley,

> QEMU emulates a UFS host controller and logical units, but the kernel
> tree does not mention it, so developers without UFS hardware have no
> documented way to exercise the UFS core.

Applied to 7.4/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen