>From 415fce714a8d7ca9113e6bf7168f910b171e86d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prerna Saxena <prerna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 15:30:05 +0530
IBM Power processors differ uniquely across generations (such as power6,
power7, power8). Each generation signifies a new PowerISA version
that exhibits features unique to that generation.
The higher 16 bits of PVR for IBM Power processors encode the CPU
generation, while the CPU chip (sub)version is encoded in lower 16 bits.
For all practical purposes of launching a VM, we care about the
generation which the vCPU will belong to, and not specifically the chip
version. This patch updates the libvirt PVR check to reflect this
relationship. It allows libvirt to select the right CPU generation
in case the exact match for a a specific CPU is not found.
Hence, there will no longer be a need to add each PowerPC CPU model to
cpu_map.xml; just adding entry for the matching ISA generation will
suffice.
It also contains changes to cpu_map.xml since processor generations
as understood by QEMU compat mode go as "power6", "power7" or "power8"
[Reference : QEMU commit 8dfa3a5e85 ]
Signed-off-by: Pradipta Kr. Banerjee <bpradip@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Prerna Saxena <prerna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
src/cpu/cpu_map.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
index 18c7b0d..f9d8d38 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_map.xml
@@ -627,5 +627,29 @@
<pvr value='0x004b0100'/>
</model>
+ <model name='power6'>
+ <vendor name='IBM'/>
+ <compat isa='2.05'/>
+ <pvr value='0x003e0000'/>
+ </model>
+
+ <model name='power7'>
+ <vendor name='IBM'/>
+ <compat isa='2.06'/>
+ <pvr value='0x003f0000'/>
+ </model>
+
+ <model name='power7+'>
+ <vendor name='IBM'/>
+ <compat isa='2.06B'/>
+ <pvr value='0x004a0000'/>
+ </model>
+
+ <model name='power8'>
+ <vendor name='IBM'/>
+ <compat isa='2.07'/>
+ <pvr value='0x004b0000'/>
+ </model>
+
</arch>
</cpus>
diff --git a/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c b/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
index abe9047..25c028c 100644
--- a/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
+++ b/src/cpu/cpu_powerpc.c
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ ppcModelFindPVR(const struct ppc_map *map,
model = model->next;
}
+ /* PowerPC Processor Version Register is interpreted as follows :
+ * Higher order 16 bits : Power ISA generation.
+ * Lower order 16 bits : CPU chip version number.
+ * If the exact CPU isnt found, return the nearest matching CPU generation
+ */
+ if (pvr & 0x0000FFFFul)
+ return ppcModelFindPVR(map, (pvr & 0xFFFF0000ul));
+
return NULL;
}
--
1.9.3
--
Prerna Saxena
Linux Technology Centre,
IBM Systems and Technology Lab,
Bangalore, India
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