Re: [Qemu-devel] PowerPC 440 support

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Baojun Wang<address@hidden> wrote:
> I think the idea is very good, otherwise it will take too much time to
> finish, and it gives us a way to lauch kernel directly without a
> firmware.

Note however that this approach means qemu must initialize the target
as if u-boot had. Practically speaking, that means device tree,
initial register values, and also TLB entries. At least on some
platforms, u-boot leaves a UART mapping for early kernel use.

> I have some question about the new qemu device tree, in ppc440_bamboo.c:
>
> function bamboo_load_device_tree() is only usable when HAVE_FDT
> defined as 1, but currently (even with git version) version (0.10.5)
> we can not enable this feature? I have forced HAVE_FDT to be defined
> by:
>
> echo '#define HAVE_FDT 1' >> config-host.h
>
> &
>
> echo 'FDT_LIBS=-lfdt' >> config-host.mak
>
> but that lead to compile error, seems device tree in qemu is not fully
> populated?

Do you have libfdt installed? If so, configure should have found it,
and you wouldn't need to mess with config-host.* manually.

Currently there are no distribution packages for libfdt. You must
download dtc source (http://git.jdl.com/gitweb/?p=dtc.git;a=summary)
and install libfdt by hand from there.

-Hollis

>  Regard & Thanks,
> Wang
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Hollis Blanchard<address@hidden> wrote:
>> KVM PPC execution doesn't use firmware today. Instead we create the device
>> tree in qemu itself, stuff it into guest memory, and point a guest register
>> at it on entry. This was just a shortcut/hack, because we didn't have enough
>> time to enable both Linux and uboot.
>>
>> I agree that the best way to do things long-term is to run u-boot inside the
>> guest environment. That will likely require improvements to qemu's device
>> emulation, and also we'll probably need to work out a way for qemu to pass
>> parameters (e.g. memory size) to u-boot. IMHO, the best approach there would
>> be to have u-boot interpret a device tree from qemu, then modify it and pass
>> it on to the kernel. Obviously that will require u-boot work.
>>
>> -Hollis
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Baojun Wang <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> It seems most boards will converted to the device tree infrastructure?
>>>
>>> but I think we will need a firmware first before loading the linux
>>> kernel, I don't know if qemu-system-ppcemb could run kernel directly
>>> without a firmware..
>>>
>>>  Best Regards,
>>> Wang
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Hollis Blanchard<address@hidden>
>>> wrote:
>>> > My 440 board is inaccessible for a couple weeks, so I can't test your
>>> > patch. That said, the code looks fine.
>>> >
>>> > However, I wonder what your goal is? You want to be able to create a
>>> > Bamboo board with e.g. a 750 processor? I don't think that would help
>>> > the original poster, and I'm not sure how useful it is, but I don't
>>> > object...
>>> >
>>> > Either way I guess it will become a non-issue once PowerPC boards are
>>> > converted to the device tree infrastructure.
>>> >
>>> > -Hollis
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Blue Swirl<address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >> Sorry, I was very confused (I didn't look at ppc440.c).
>>> >>
>>> >> For some reason, CPU model can't be specified on the command line. The
>>> >> patch allows this, does it look OK?
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there a kernel and initrd somewhere, so I could test this?
>>> >>
>>> >> Currently I get (no kernel or ROM, so nothing to execute):
>>> >> Truncating memory to 128 MiB to fit SDRAM controller limits.
>>> >> ppc405_serial_init: offset 0000000000000300
>>> >> QEMU 0.10.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information
>>> >> (qemu) qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at
>>> >> 0x00000000fffffffc
>>> >>
>>> >> NIP 00000000fffffffc   LR 0000000000000000 CTR 0000000000000000 XER
>>> >> 00000000
>>> >> MSR 0000000000000000 HID0 0000000000000300  HF 0000000000000000 idx 1
>>> >> Segmentation fault
>>> >>
>>> >> On 6/14/09, Hollis Blanchard <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >>> Yes, I wrote the code you quoted.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  In case there is any confusion, let me restate: You can boot a Bamboo
>>> >>>  (PowerPC 440) guest under KVM on a PowerPC 440 host. KVM bypasses
>>> >>>  qemu's CPU emulation (TCG), but uses qemu's device emulation.
>>> >>>  Therefore, if someone were to implement 440 core emulation in qemu,
>>> >>>  you could boot a 440 kernel with qemu without KVM.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  Most devices found on 440 SoCs are the same as or very similar to the
>>> >>>  devices found on 405 SoCs. Qemu's 440 device emulation isn't perfect,
>>> >>>  but because Linux is highly modular, with a modified device tree you
>>> >>>  can boot it. See pc-bios/bamboo.dts.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  -Hollis
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Baojun Wang <address@hidden>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > in hw/ppc440.c:
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  >    env = cpu_ppc_init("440EP");
>>> >>>  >    if (!env && kvm_enabled()) {
>>> >>>  >        /* XXX Since qemu doesn't yet emulate 440, we just say it's
>>> >>> a 405.
>>> >>>  >         * Since KVM doesn't use qemu's CPU emulation it seems to be
>>> >>> working
>>> >>>  >         * OK. */
>>> >>>  >        env = cpu_ppc_init("405");
>>> >>>  >    }
>>> >>>  >    if (!env) {
>>> >>>  >        fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize CPU!\n");
>>> >>>  >        exit(1);
>>> >>>  >    }
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > also in hw/ppc.c:
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > I can find ppc40x_irq_init/e500_irq_init(used mpc8544ds), but there
>>> >>> is
>>> >>>  > no ppcbooke_irq_init? It seems hw/ppc405_uc.c is emulation for
>>> >>> DCRs,
>>> >>>  > PLB, DMA, GPIO, I2C.., but there is no hw/ppc44x_uc.c.
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > the qemu source I used is 0.10.5.
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > Also in ppc/translate_init.c, there lots of CONFIG_USER_ONLY, but I
>>> >>>  > many of them are DEBUG or CACHE related SPR emulation, and since
>>> >>> qemu
>>> >>>  > doesn't emulate cache, I think it's OK.
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  >  Thanks,
>>> >>>  > Wang
>>> >>>  >
>>> >>>  > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Hollis
>>> >>> Blanchard<address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >>>  > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Blue Swirl
>>> >>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >>>  > >>
>>> >>>  > >> On 6/11/09, Baojun Wang <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >>>  > >> > could qemu emulate some board like bamboo (without kvm) or
>>> >>> MPC8544ds
>>> >>>  > >> > now? Thanks
>>> >>>  > >>
>>> >>>  > >> Yes, if someone adds emulation for these devices: UIC, PLB, DMA,
>>> >>> POB,
>>> >>>  > >> EBC, IIC, ZMII. Maybe some are not needed in all cases.
>>> >>>  > >
>>> >>>  > > No, qemu still doesn't emulate Book E cores, such as the PowerPC
>>> >>> 440 in a
>>> >>>  > > Bamboo board.
>>> >>>  > >
>>> >>>  > > UIC is of course emulated, otherwise KVM guests on 440 wouldn't
>>> >>> get very
>>> >>>  > > far. :) Enough 440 SoC devices are emulated to support Linux boot
>>> >>> with a
>>> >>>  > > properly stripped device tree.
>>> >>>  > >
>>> >>>  > > -Hollis
>>> >>>  > >
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>
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