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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/14] target-arm: Move feature register setup t
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Peter Maydell |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/14] target-arm: Move feature register setup to per-CPU init fns |
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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:26:15 +0100 |
On 30 April 2012 17:21, Paul Brook <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Move feature register value setup to per-CPU init functions.
>
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[0] = cpu->id_pfr0;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[1] = cpu->id_pfr1;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[2] = cpu->id_dfr0;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[3] = cpu->id_afr0;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[4] = cpu->id_mmfr0;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[5] = cpu->id_mmfr1;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[6] = cpu->id_mmfr2;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c1[7] = cpu->id_mmfr3;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[0] = cpu->id_isar0;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[1] = cpu->id_isar1;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[2] = cpu->id_isar2;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[3] = cpu->id_isar3;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[4] = cpu->id_isar4;
>> + env->cp15.c0_c2[5] = cpu->id_isar5;
>
> Why are we copying these values? All these registers are readonly, so the
> duplication seems wrong. Shouldn't we should be using cpu->whatever
> everywhere?
>
> I feel like I've asked this before, but don't remember seeing an answer.
My proposed cp15 rework deletes this copying code; instead the registers
are defined with values set directly from the cpu->whatever fields:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-04/msg01811.html
> Also, I'd prefer that id_isr5 were explicitly initialized, rather than relying
> on it being implicitly zero. Bugs in an earlier patch series show how easy it
> is to accidentally miss a register. IMO it's worth distinguishing a defined
> register that happens to be zero from a register this core doesn't have.
Yes, I think that's probably a good idea.
-- PMM
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 00/14] target-arm queue, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/14] target-arm: Move CTR setup to per cpu init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/14] target-arm: Move cache ID register setup to cpu specific init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/14] target-arm: Move MVFR* setup to per cpu init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/14] target-arm: Move feature register setup to per-CPU init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/14] target-arm: Move iWMMXT wCID reset to cpu_state_reset, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/14] target-arm: Move OMAP cp15_i_{max, min} reset to cpu_state_reset, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/14] target-arm: remind to keep arm features in sync with linux-user/elfload.c, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/14] target-arm: Move feature bit settings to CPU init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/14] target-arm: Add QOM subclasses for each ARM cpu implementation, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/14] target-arm: Move reset handling to arm_cpu_reset, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/14] target-arm: Drop JTAG_ID documentation, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/14] target-arm: Move SCTLR reset value setup to per cpu init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/14] target-arm: Move FPSID config to cpu init fns, Peter Maydell, 2012/04/21