Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] highbank: add initial Calxeda Midway A15 support

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 June 2013 12:59, Andre Przywara <address@hidden> wrote:
> From: Rob Herring <address@hidden>
>
> While the Calxeda Midway part is actually a bit more than a "Highbank
> with A15s", for QEMU's purposes this view is sufficient. So to allow
> both emulation with that chip as well as KVM guests using that model
> add an A15 CPU and it's peripherals as an option. The use of:
> "-M highbank -cpu cortex-a15" simply gives the new chip without the
> need for a new model.

I don't think we have any other board models which do "I'm going
to guess which board you actually wanted based on which CPU
you specified", do we? I think it would be nicer just to have
a '-M midway' which gave you the right CPU and peripherals.

thanks
-- PMM