Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v2 10/10] s390x/cpumodel: wire up 8561 and 8562 as gen15 machines

[Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>]

On 29.04.19 10:53, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:51:39 +0200
> Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 26.04.19 14:55, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:05:30 +0200
>>> David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> On 26.04.19 14:01, Christian Borntraeger wrote:  
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26.04.19 13:52, David Hildenbrand wrote:    
>>>>>> On 26.04.19 13:36, Christian Borntraeger wrote:    
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 26.04.19 13:32, David Hildenbrand wrote:    
>>>>>>>> On 26.04.19 13:10, Christian Borntraeger wrote:    
>>>>>>>>> 8561 and 8562 will be gen15 machines. There is no name yet, lets us use
>>>>>>>>> the cpu id as base name. Later on we can provide aliases with the proper
>>>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>  target/s390x/cpu_models.c | 2 ++
>>>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
>>>>>>>>> index d683635eb5..dd6415103f 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/target/s390x/cpu_models.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static S390CPUDef s390_cpu_defs[] = {
>>>>>>>>>      CPUDEF_INIT(0x3906, 14, 1, 47, 0x08000000U, "z14", "IBM z14 GA1"),
>>>>>>>>>      CPUDEF_INIT(0x3906, 14, 2, 47, 0x08000000U, "z14.2", "IBM z14 GA2"),
>>>>>>>>>      CPUDEF_INIT(0x3907, 14, 1, 47, 0x08000000U, "z14ZR1", "IBM z14 Model ZR1 GA1"),
>>>>>>>>> +    CPUDEF_INIT(0x8561, 15, 1, 47, 0x08000000U, "8561", "IBM 8561 GA1"),
>>>>>>>>> +    CPUDEF_INIT(0x8562, 15, 1, 47, 0x08000000U, "8562", "IBM 8562 GA1"),
>>>>>>>>>  };    
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thinking out loud, I know that official names are not published yet.
>>>>>>>> Looking at the recent history (z13, z14), my educated guess would be
>>>>>>>> z15. I guess pretty much everybody would guess that.    
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure about trademark aspects - especially if this really becomes z15. The smaller
>>>>>>> machine has no real history (ZR1 vs. s vs BC). So I think I would rather have a correct
>>>>>>> number than a partially correct name.    
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We could also use "gen15a" and "gen15b", still better to get than magic
>>>>>> numbers. (yeah well, they are not magic)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you want to stick with numbers, be aware that cpu numbers are not
>>>>>> injective, so at some point we will need e.g. "8561.2", just so you're
>>>>>> aware of the implications.    
>>>>>
>>>>> I think whatever we have here is only used internally for expansion (host-model)
>>>>> and the user will use later the real name when available. (custom). So probably this
>>>>> does not matter for a long time. But I might be wrong.
>>>>> I tend to prefer gen15 over z15 but 856x has also its charm.  
>>>
>>> FWIW, I'd prefer gen15 over 856x, but...  
>>
>> I actually think that the cpu id would be a nice name for expansion because it is
>> guarenteed to stay and it is unique and it allows to have a different content (if
>> that would be necessary) for 2 gen15 machines.
>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> Another question would be, can we rename before the next QEMU release,
>>>> so it will never be officially part of QEMU? Then we don't need aliases
>>>> after all. Of course, distros have to take care of that as well, but
>>>> that shouldn't be upstream QEMUs business.  
>>>
>>> ...if we could do that, I'd like that even better.  
>>
>> I dont think that I know the name in time before the next release.
>> So lets go with gen15a/gen15b or 8561/8562?
> 
> I always have trouble remembering number combinations, so I'd vote for
> gen15a/gen15b if the official names are not an option.

OK, I will respin with gen15a/gen15b.