From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33390) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0gJk-0005IE-Pk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:44:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0gJe-000275-Ul for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:44:16 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:54393 helo=mx2.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0gJe-000271-Ni for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:44:10 -0500 Message-ID: <52CC9145.9080900@suse.de> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:44:05 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1366812990.35903.YahooMailNeo@web162905.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <5177F56A.7020608@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <5177F56A.7020608@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] target-tilera - a new emulated architecture in qemu List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Sarmad Tanwir Cc: Blue Swirl , qemu devel , Aurelien Jarno Hi Sarmad, Am 24.04.2013 17:08, schrieb Andreas F=E4rber: > Am 24.04.2013 16:16, schrieb Sarmad Tanwir: >> =20 >>> I am in process of adding a new target architecture named Tilera to >>> qemu for emulation purpose. Until now, I have been working offline >>> i.e. without submitting any patches or any comments from the communit= y. >>> =20 >>> I am almost done with definition of processor state and ISA >>> translation (except floating point instructions). >>> >>> I have a new folder named target-tilera with a list of files:- >>> =20 >>> cpu-qom.h >>> cpu.c >>> cpu.h >>> .... >>> tile-desc_64.c >>> tile-desc_64.h >>> translate.c >>> >>> The contents of the Makefile.objs in this directory have also been >>> changed to:- >>> obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) +=3D machine.o >>> obj-y +=3D translate.o helper.o cpu.o >>> obj-y +=3D tile-desc_32.o tile-desc_64.o >>> =20 >>> *Can anyone help me from here? As, a first step I need to modify the >>> configure script and the Makefiles to use the qemu build system.* >=20 > Please read the comments in the list archive that other recently > introduced targets such as moxie and openrisc got. >=20 > For instance, I pointed out that new targets don't need a qom-cpu.h fil= e > - you can just place everything into cpu.h if you do a sane grouping. >=20 > There was a discussion about CPU VMState and the plan to handle it > differently for new targets - moxie still used the old way, openrisc is > broken, and we don't have patches for a new VMSTATE_CPU() macro yet tha= t > alpha, openrisc and new targets were envisioned to use. Either way > machine.c is a bad name and should rather be cpu-vmstate.c (if you can'= t > just place it into cpu.c - depends on how much state you have). >=20 > Without seeing what you have, it's hard to help. Just look at commits > that introduced the existing targets, get target-tilera compiling and > post RFC patches for review then. We're currently in Soft Freeze before > the 1.5 release, so new targets won't get applied immediately anyway. I see that you have two GitHub repositories: https://github.com/sarmadt/qemu_tilera - target-tilera only https://github.com/sarmadt/target-tilera - complete qemu.git fork What's the status of your work, how far did you get? There seem to be no commits from the last few months, and the existing commits are lacking Signed-off-bys, so that no one else can help integrate your code into a new QEMU. Are you still planning to "complete" your project before I apply more changes to CPUState and core CPU code? Regards, Andreas --=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=F6rffer; HRB 16746 AG N=FCrnbe= rg