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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.8 0/2] pc: remove redundant fw_cfg file "e
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Igor Mammedov |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.8 0/2] pc: remove redundant fw_cfg file "etc/boot-cpus" |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:07:58 +0100 |
On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:46:14 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 04:21:10PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> >
> > Commit 080ac219cc7d9c55adf925c3545b7450055ad625
> > pc: Add 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file for machine with more than 255 CPUs
> >
> > added "etc/boot-cpus" fw_cfg file durung 2.8 merge window, however
> > QEMU alredy had similar legacy FW_CFG_NB_CPUS fw_cfg entry that
> > should do practically the same. Considering FW_CFG_NB_CPUS's been
> > around for a long time and is used by external projects (firmwares)
> > we can't replace it with 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file.
> >
> > Drop redundant 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file and reuse FW_CFG_NB_CPUS
> > instead.
> >
> > So here goes QEMU part of fixup
>
> I agree we shouldn't commit to a bad host/guest API
> but I think we need to format it differently.
> First revert the boot-cpus patch for 2.8.
> On top of that, add a patch fixing FW_CFG_NB_CPUS.
Sure, I'll respin.
>
>
> > CC: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> > CC: address@hidden
> > CC: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> > CC: "Kevin O'Connor" <address@hidden>
> > CC: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> > CC: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>
> >
> > Igor Mammedov (2):
> > fw_cfg: move FW_CFG_NB_CPUS out of fw_cfg_init1()
> > pc: drop "etc/boot-cpus" fw_cfg file and use FW_CFG_NB_CPUS instead
> >
> > include/hw/i386/pc.h | 4 ++--
> > hw/arm/virt.c | 4 +++-
> > hw/i386/pc.c | 20 ++++++++------------
> > hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c | 1 -
> > hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c | 1 +
> > hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c | 1 +
> > hw/sparc/sun4m.c | 1 +
> > hw/sparc64/sun4u.c | 1 +
> > 8 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.7.4