Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 14/14] powerpc/ppc64: HACK: make a fake debug-exit

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On 12/02/2016 19:07, Thomas Huth wrote:
> For a future improvement: Not sure, but there is a "ibm,os-term" RTAS
> call which "[...] is provided for the OS to indicate to the platform
> that it has terminated normal operation. A string of information is
> passed to the platform", according to LoPAPR chapter 7.3.9.1. Maybe that
> could be used to implement the debug-exit functionality? QEMU seems to
> already send a GUEST_PANIC_ACTION_PAUSE event in this case, but the
> parameter string is not taken into account yet...

It also doesn't actually pause, unlike qemu_system_guest_panicked().  It
probably should use a different GUEST_PANIC_ACTION (e.g. "report") for
the event.

Paolo
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