Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/mips_malta: Fix YAMON API print routine

[Leon Alrae]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:55:40AM +0100, Paul Burton wrote:
> The print routine provided as part of the in-built bootloader had a bug
> in that it attempted to use a jump instruction as part of a loop, but
> the target has its upper bits zeroed leading to control flow
> transferring to 0xb0000814 rather than the intended 0xbfc00814. Fix this
> by using a branch instruction instead, which seems more fit for purpose.
> 
> A simple way to test this is to build a Linux kernel with EVA enabled &
> attempt to boot it in QEMU. It will attempt to print a message
> indicating the configuration mismatch but QEMU would previously
> incorrectly jump & wind up printing a continuous stream of the letter E.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <address@hidden>
> Cc: Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden>
> Cc: Leon Alrae <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/mips/mips_malta.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to target-mips queue.

Thanks,
Leon