Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] s390x/ipl: Try to detect Linux vs non Linux for initial IPL PSW

[Christian Borntraeger]

On 05/08/2018 04:15 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> Right now the IPL device always starts from address 0x10000 (the usual
> Linux entry point). To run other guests (e.g. test programs) it is
> useful to use the IPL PSW from address 0. We can use the Linux magic
> at 0x10008 to decide.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> Acked-by: Jason J. Herne <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/s390x/ipl.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> index 150f6c0582..c0fed26f03 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ static uint64_t bios_translate_addr(void *opaque, 
> uint64_t srcaddr)
>  static void s390_ipl_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>  {
>      S390IPLState *ipl = S390_IPL(dev);
> -    uint64_t pentry = KERN_IMAGE_START;
> +    uint64_t *iplpsw;
> +    uint64_t pentry;
> +    char *magic;
>      int kernel_size;
>      Error *err = NULL;
>  
> @@ -156,6 +158,17 @@ static void s390_ipl_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error 
> **errp)
>                                 NULL, 1, EM_S390, 0, 0);
>          if (kernel_size < 0) {
>              kernel_size = load_image_targphys(ipl->kernel, 0, ram_size);
> +            /* if this is Linux use KERN_IMAGE_START */
> +            magic = rom_ptr(0x10008);
> +            if (magic && !memcmp(magic, "S390EP", 6)) {
> +                pentry = KERN_IMAGE_START;
> +            } else {
> +                /* if not Linux use the IPL PSW */
> +                iplpsw = rom_ptr(0);
> +                if (iplpsw) {
> +                    pentry = *iplpsw & 0x7fffffffUL;

This needs an endianess conversion I think.