From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:39:06 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] ppc64 e5500 arch: new qemu target In-Reply-To: References: <1522592130-25157-1-git-send-email-matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com> Message-ID: <20180401163906.0de5ab39@windsurf> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 09:25:47 -0500, Matthew Weber wrote: > > diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/linux.fragment b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/linux.fragment > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..81993d2 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/linux.fragment > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ > > +# Enables generic e500 arch support for QEMU > > +CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500=y > > diff --git a/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..8da23f9 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/board/qemu/ppc64-e5500/readme.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > > +Run the emulation with: > > + > > + qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 256 -kernel output/images/uImage -append 'console=ttyS0 root=/dev/ram' -initrd output/images/rootfs.cpio.gz -serial mon:stdio -nographic > > + > > This arch seems like it had good support back to QEMU 2.0.0. However, > I'll be submitting a bootlin e6500 arch variant toolchain but I'm > still working out what version of QEMU can even boot that arch. As of > 2.11.x support hasn't been merged. I don't get it. In the same paragraph you say "it had good support back to Qemu 2.0.0" and "as of 2.11.x support hasn't been merged". Could you clarify ? Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com