Re: [PATCH 0/7] ppc: pnv ChipTOD and various timebase fixes

["Cédric Le Goater" <clg@kaod.org>]

On 11/23/23 11:30, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> The chiptod/TFMR/state machine is not really tied to the other
> time register fixes, but they touch some of the same code, and
> logically same facility.
> 
> Changes since v1 of chiptod patches:
> - Split hackish ChipTOD<->TFMR/TBST interface into its own patch
> - Fix multi-socket addressing on P9 / chip ID mode (P10 works)
> - Change chiptod primary/secondary setting to use class properties
> - Add more comments to explain TOD overview and timebase state
>    machine.
> - SMT support for TFMR, some functionality is limited to thread 0.
> - FIRMWARE_CONTROL_ERROR bit implemented in TFMR.
> - Misc cleanups and bug fixes.
> 
> The hacky part, addressing core from chiptod, is still hacky. Is
> there strong objection to it?

Dunno yet :)

> This successfully runs skiboot chiptod initialisation code with
> POWER9 and POWER10 multi-socket, multi-core, SMT. That requires
> skiboot 7.1 (not in-tree), otherwise chiptod init is skipped on
> QEMU machines.

Let's update skiboot at the same time then.

Thanks,

C.

> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
> 
> Nicholas Piggin (7):
>    target/ppc: Rename TBL to TB on 64-bit
>    target/ppc: Improve timebase register defines naming
>    target/ppc: Fix move-to timebase SPR access permissions
>    pnv/chiptod: Add POWER9/10 chiptod model
>    pnv/chiptod: Implement the ChipTOD to Core transfer
>    target/ppc: Implement core timebase state machine and TFMR
>    target/ppc: Add SMT support to time facilities
> 
>   include/hw/ppc/pnv_chip.h    |   3 +
>   include/hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.h |  55 ++++
>   include/hw/ppc/pnv_core.h    |   4 +
>   include/hw/ppc/pnv_xscom.h   |   9 +
>   target/ppc/cpu.h             |  50 +++-
>   hw/ppc/pnv.c                 |  63 +++++
>   hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.c         | 509 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   target/ppc/helper_regs.c     |  39 ++-
>   target/ppc/ppc-qmp-cmds.c    |   4 +
>   target/ppc/timebase_helper.c | 309 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>   target/ppc/translate.c       |  42 ++-
>   hw/ppc/meson.build           |   1 +
>   hw/ppc/trace-events          |   4 +
>   13 files changed, 1067 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 include/hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.h
>   create mode 100644 hw/ppc/pnv_chiptod.c
>