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authorRichard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>2023-06-19 16:32:25 +0200
committerRichard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>2023-06-19 16:32:25 +0200
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Merge tag 'pull-target-arm-20230619' of https://git.linaro.org/people/pmaydell/qemu-arm into staging
target-arm queue: * Fix return value from LDSMIN/LDSMAX 8/16 bit atomics * Return correct result for LDG when ATA=0 * Conversion of system insns, loads and stores to decodetree * hw/intc/allwinner-a10-pic: Handle IRQ levels other than 0 or 1 * hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost: Don't send non-boolean IRQ line levels * hw/timer/nrf51_timer: Don't lose time when timer is queried in tight loop * hw/arm/Kconfig: sbsa-ref uses Bochs display * imx_serial: set wake bit when we receive a data byte * docs: sbsa: document board to firmware interface * hw/misc/bcm2835_property: avoid hard-coded constants # -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- # # iQJNBAABCAA3FiEE4aXFk81BneKOgxXPPCUl7RQ2DN4FAmSQZd0ZHHBldGVyLm1h # eWRlbGxAbGluYXJvLm9yZwAKCRA8JSXtFDYM3lvoEACHH2dWWb1WAMB4GSZbM0PA # kStY9PO7Ex87BRN6cX2T6qv40eWvZsLsgJn/igDmuv9kXIuejgw5Ri36I+Jce0ZN # +d2DyrsEH/GlIDcl86HnbG1WGB27uAu0imE8kiokNymsFbyvfLZrByi03rwPRxkp # fBVK2aFXTq1cZhjo3/43ySbF4/09ajci8uHPtnLla+WpZzoxP38GZ8qsY6WdxgEv # +ap1h2641DDCpkqqan+tEbFUczJ8QrSvUoofreOJhEAnAuqlRX8V4eiiK9McUX+P # LLUYUAMeTf9Ts2YRuJd9eUvTmxJo2WBiXFpxSvOfu5YOR5pBiDkDrGLkbY5bUvNu # Qte/O0gEG0GBwZptCnUWJtF1DoMDAnPjB3JjuBkAo0N5ch7G/McoGfNYEaNEbb6N # uKetTzlR4s0Zxv/SGxow+/kEkiDNCwna2mni563bz+L7+sRJWFEORErcNHCWckkk # 1W+C1S+pKv9EZvO4lcvJgZus6i5VlWjEOm0IrRcYO+dbA1F7T3j4miIu8JYYIPFu # IPyZytawpwq8irxTD0Z1hpsjrbkfOMb3hEbmtK4ruSCBRMBA3Zj2cd1ZrL9A00JE # xC7rLXWxUAOxEXlJ0mDLMU3XGcp5j6wbMtin9odYR0ccXOHaV8dplzLNgAusXtWO # GqKcq+m7oeSklKl/YIJsuQ== # =5BGp # -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # gpg: Signature made Mon 19 Jun 2023 04:27:41 PM CEST # gpg: using RSA key E1A5C593CD419DE28E8315CF3C2525ED14360CDE # gpg: issuer "peter.maydell@linaro.org" # gpg: Good signature from "Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Peter Maydell <pmaydell@gmail.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>" [full] # gpg: aka "Peter Maydell <peter@archaic.org.uk>" [unknown] * tag 'pull-target-arm-20230619' of https://git.linaro.org/people/pmaydell/qemu-arm: (33 commits) hw/misc/bcm2835_property: Handle CORE_CLK_ID firmware property hw/misc/bcm2835_property: Replace magic frequency values by definitions hw/misc/bcm2835_property: Use 'raspberrypi-fw-defs.h' definitions hw/arm/raspi: Import Linux raspi definitions as 'raspberrypi-fw-defs.h' docs: sbsa: document board to firmware interface imx_serial: set wake bit when we receive a data byte hw/arm/Kconfig: sbsa-ref uses Bochs display hw/timer/nrf51_timer: Don't lose time when timer is queried in tight loop hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost: Don't send non-boolean IRQ line levels hw/intc/allwinner-a10-pic: Handle IRQ levels other than 0 or 1 target/arm: Convert load/store tags insns to decodetree target/arm: Convert load/store single structure to decodetree target/arm: Convert load/store (multiple structures) to decodetree target/arm: Convert LDAPR/STLR (imm) to decodetree target/arm: Convert load (pointer auth) insns to decodetree target/arm: Convert atomic memory ops to decodetree target/arm: Convert LDR/STR reg+reg to decodetree target/arm: Convert LDR/STR with 12-bit immediate to decodetree target/arm: Convert ld/st reg+imm9 insns to decodetree target/arm: Convert load/store-pair to decodetree ... Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
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-rw-r--r--docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst38
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst b/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst
index 016776a..f571fe6 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@ any real hardware the ``sbsa-ref`` board intends to look like real
hardware. The `Server Base System Architecture
<https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0029/latest>`_ defines a
minimum base line of hardware support and importantly how the firmware
-reports that to any operating system. It is a static system that
-reports a very minimal DT to the firmware for non-discoverable
-information about components affected by the qemu command line (i.e.
-cpus and memory). As a result it must have a firmware specifically
-built to expect a certain hardware layout (as you would in a real
-machine).
+reports that to any operating system.
It is intended to be a machine for developing firmware and testing
standards compliance with operating systems.
@@ -19,7 +14,7 @@ standards compliance with operating systems.
Supported devices
"""""""""""""""""
-The sbsa-ref board supports:
+The ``sbsa-ref`` board supports:
- A configurable number of AArch64 CPUs
- GIC version 3
@@ -30,3 +25,32 @@ The sbsa-ref board supports:
- Bochs display adapter on PCIe bus
- A generic SBSA watchdog device
+
+Board to firmware interface
+"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+``sbsa-ref`` is a static system that reports a very minimal devicetree to the
+firmware for non-discoverable information about system components. This
+includes both internal hardware and parts affected by the qemu command line
+(i.e. CPUs and memory). As a result it must have a firmware specifically built
+to expect a certain hardware layout (as you would in a real machine).
+
+DeviceTree information
+''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The devicetree provided by the board model to the firmware is not intended
+to be a complete compliant DT. It currently reports:
+
+ - CPUs
+ - memory
+ - platform version
+ - GIC addresses
+
+The platform version is only for informing platform firmware about
+what kind of ``sbsa-ref`` board it is running on. It is neither
+a QEMU versioned machine type nor a reflection of the level of the
+SBSA/SystemReady SR support provided.
+
+The ``machine-version-major`` value is updated when changes breaking
+fw compatibility are introduced. The ``machine-version-minor`` value
+is updated when features are added that don't break fw compatibility.