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From: | Aleksandar Markovic |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH 0/7] hw/mips/malta: Rework to allow more than 2GB of RAM on 64-bit |
Date: | Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:54:51 +0200 |
On 6/30/20 12:48 PM, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
>
>
> уторак, 30. јун 2020., Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org
> <mailto:f4bug@amsat.org>> је написао/ла:
>
> Hi,
>
> Following Jiaxun Yang's patch and discussion:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11416915/
> <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11416915/ >
>
> - Rename the current machine as 'malta-virt' (keeping 'malta' aliased)
> Suggestions for better names are welcome, maybe 'malta-unreal' or
> 'malta-unleashed' instead?
> - Add 'malta-phys' which respects hardware restrictions (on RAM so far)
> - Unleash 'malta-virt' to allow more than 2GB on 64-bit
>
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (7):
> hw/mips/malta: Trivial code movement
> hw/mips/malta: Register the machine as a TypeInfo
> hw/mips/malta: Rename 'malta' machine as 'malta-virt'
> hw/mips/malta: Introduce MaltaMachineClass::max_ramsize
> hw/mips/malta: Introduce the 'malta-phys' machine
> hw/mips/malta: Verify malta-phys machine uses correct DIMM sizes
> hw/mips/malta: Allow more than 2GB on 64-bit malta-virt
>
> hw/mips/malta.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> --
>
>
>
> Thank you, Philippe, for providing this series.
>
> However, in previous discussion on the patch you mention above, I
> already expressed serious reservations on the approach taken in that
> patch. These reservations stay today too.
>
> There is nothing qualitatively different between the original patch and
> this series. Naming and related stuff are just cosmetic issues.
OK, what about considering all patches except the last one?
So we can run firmware on a real Malta board, not the QEMU
imaginary one (in the discussion you said QEMU should respect
real hardware, which I agree).
>
> The good thing about this series is that one can apply it dowstream, if
> one finds it useful. However, it is not suitable for upstreaming
>
> Regards,
> Aleksandar
>
>
>
> 2.21.3
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