Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] hw/riscv: spike: Allow using binary firmware as bios

[Bin Meng]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:18 PM Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, we have to use OpenSBI firmware ELF as bios for the spike
> machine because the HTIF console requires ELF for parsing "fromhost"
> and "tohost" symbols.
>
> The latest OpenSBI can now optionally pick-up HTIF register address
> from HTIF DT node so using this feature spike machine can now use
> OpenSBI firmware BIN as bios.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>
> ---
>  hw/char/riscv_htif.c         | 33 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>  hw/riscv/spike.c             | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  include/hw/char/riscv_htif.h |  5 ++++-
>  include/hw/riscv/spike.h     |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>