Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 04/15] cpu-model/s390: Introduce S390 CPU models

Alexander Graf
2015-02-20T17:50:22Z

> Am 20.02.2015 um 18:37 schrieb Michael Mueller <mimu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>:
>
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:57:52 +0100
> Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
>
>> Because all CPUs we have in our list only expose 128 bits?
>
> Here a STFLE result on a EC12 GA2, already more than 128 bits... Is that model on the list?

If that model has 3 elements, yes, the array should span 3.

I hope it's in the list. Every model wecare about should be, no?

>
> [mimu@p57lp59 s390xfac]$ ./s390xfac -b
> fac[0] = 0xfbfffffbfcfff840
> fac[1] = 0xffde000000000000
> fac[2] = 0x1800000000000000
>>
>>> I want to have this independent from a future machine of the z/Arch. The kernel stores the
>>> full facility set, KVM does and there is no good reason for QEMU not to do. If other
>>> accelerators decide to just implement 64 or 128 bits of facilities that's ok...
>>
>> So you want to support CPUs that are not part of the list?
>
> The architecture at least defines more than 2 or 3. Do you want me to limit it to an arbitrary
> size?. Only in QEMU or also in the KVM interface?

Only internally in QEMU. The kvm interface should definitely be as big as the spec allows!

Alex

>
> Thanks
> Michael
>