Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH V11 0/8] add pvpanic mmio support

[Peter Maydell]

On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 11:04, Peng Hao <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> The first patches are simple cleanups:
>      - patch 1 move the pvpanic device with the 'ocmmon objects' so we compile
>                it once for the x86/arm/aarch64 archs,
>      - patch 2 simply renames ISA fields/definitions to generic ones.
>
>      Then instead of add/use the MMIO pvpanic device in the virt machine in an
>      unique patch, I split it in two distinct patches:
>      - patch 3 uses Peng Hao's work, but add the MMIO interface to the 
> existing
>         device (no logical change).
>      - patch 4 is Peng Hao's work in the virt machine (no logical change).
>      - patch 5 add pvpanic device in acpi table in virt machine
>      v2 from Peng Hao is:
>      https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg03433.html

I would still prefer to see a more detailed examination of whether
we can do this with a PCI device before we commit to taking the
MMIO version into the virt board.

thanks
-- PMM