Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 01/20] ppc/pnv: add skeleton PowerNV platform

[Jeff Cody]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 09:38:07AM +0200, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> >>  - removed the requirement on having a kernel loaded as running with
> >>    just a firmware is fine. We will need to discuss the inclusion of
> >>    the file skiboot.lid under qemu.
> > 
> > Yes, this isn't terribly useful without it.  The normal procedure for
> > new roms is this:
> > 
> >    1. Get the upstream git tree for the ROM mirrored to qemu.org
> >    2. Add a git submodule under roms/ referencing the git mirror on
> >       qemu.org
> >    3. Add a pre-built ROM binary to pc-bios/
> >    4. Add a brief description of the ROM, including upstream git URL
> >       to pc-bios/README
> > 
> > Steps 2, 3 & 4 can (and usually should) be a single commit.
> > 
> > This code is looking close enough, that having a usable rom image is
> > probably the last thing stopping merge, at least of these initial
> > patches.
> 
> I added one to my repo to let travis run :
> 
>       
> https://github.com/legoater/qemu/commit/d5729f70f2abb0fca2e4167dacb0cf27e0dbaee5
> 
> > Probably best to get underway with the rom inclusion ASAP.
> 
> I think Jeff is the person to talk to.
> 
> Could we start mirroring skiboot, the firmware for PowerPC PowerNV platform, 
> on git.qemu-project.org/. This is the official repo :
> 
>       https://github.com/open-power/skiboot/
>

Thanks Cédric,

I added the skiboot mirror.  It is available at:

git://git.qemu.org/skiboot.git
http://git.qemu.org/git/skiboot.git

If you need anything else, just let me know.


Thanks,
Jeff