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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2021-03-11 16:20:57 +0000
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/stsquad/tags/pull-testing-docs-xen-updates-100321-2' into staging
Testing, guest-loader and other misc tweaks - add warning text to quickstart example - add CFI tests to CI - use --arch-only for docker pre-requisites - fix .editorconfig for emacs - add guest-loader for Xen-like hypervisor testing - move generic-loader docs into manual proper - move semihosting out of hw/ # gpg: Signature made Wed 10 Mar 2021 15:35:31 GMT # gpg: using RSA key 6685AE99E75167BCAFC8DF35FBD0DB095A9E2A44 # gpg: Good signature from "Alex Bennée (Master Work Key) <alex.bennee@linaro.org>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 6685 AE99 E751 67BC AFC8 DF35 FBD0 DB09 5A9E 2A44 * remotes/stsquad/tags/pull-testing-docs-xen-updates-100321-2: semihosting: Move hw/semihosting/ -> semihosting/ semihosting: Move include/hw/semihosting/ -> include/semihosting/ tests/avocado: add boot_xen tests docs: add some documentation for the guest-loader docs: move generic-loader documentation into the main manual hw/core: implement a guest-loader to support static hypervisor guests device_tree: add qemu_fdt_setprop_string_array helper hw/riscv: migrate fdt field to generic MachineState hw/board: promote fdt from ARM VirtMachineState to MachineState .editorconfig: update the automatic mode setting for Emacs tests/docker: Use --arch-only when building Debian cross image gitlab-ci.yml: Add jobs to test CFI flags gitlab-ci.yml: Allow custom # of parallel linkers tests/docker: add a test-tcg for building then running check-tcg docs/system: add a gentle prompt for the complexity to come Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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-rw-r--r--docs/system/generic-loader.rst117
-rw-r--r--docs/system/guest-loader.rst54
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-rw-r--r--docs/system/quickstart.rst8
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diff --git a/docs/generic-loader.txt b/docs/generic-loader.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a9603a2..0000000
--- a/docs/generic-loader.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 Xilinx Inc.
-
-This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See
-the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
-
-
-The 'loader' device allows the user to load multiple images or values into
-QEMU at startup.
-
-Loading Data into Memory Values
--------------------------------
-The loader device allows memory values to be set from the command line. This
-can be done by following the syntax below:
-
- -device loader,addr=<addr>,data=<data>,data-len=<data-len>
- [,data-be=<data-be>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>]
-
- <addr> - The address to store the data in.
- <data> - The value to be written to the address. The maximum size of
- the data is 8 bytes.
- <data-len> - The length of the data in bytes. This argument must be
- included if the data argument is.
- <data-be> - Set to true if the data to be stored on the guest should be
- written as big endian data. The default is to write little
- endian data.
- <cpu-num> - The number of the CPU's address space where the data should
- be loaded. If not specified the address space of the first
- CPU is used.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of loading value 0x8000000e to address 0xfd1a0104 is:
- -device loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4
-
-Setting a CPU's Program Counter
--------------------------------
-The loader device allows the CPU's PC to be set from the command line. This
-can be done by following the syntax below:
-
- -device loader,addr=<addr>,cpu-num=<cpu-num>
-
- <addr> - The value to use as the CPU's PC.
- <cpu-num> - The number of the CPU whose PC should be set to the
- specified value.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of setting CPU 0's PC to 0x8000 is:
- -device loader,addr=0x8000,cpu-num=0
-
-Loading Files
--------------
-The loader device also allows files to be loaded into memory. It can load ELF,
-U-Boot, and Intel HEX executable formats as well as raw images. The syntax is
-shown below:
-
- -device loader,file=<file>[,addr=<addr>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>][,force-raw=<raw>]
-
- <file> - A file to be loaded into memory
- <addr> - The memory address where the file should be loaded. This is
- required for raw images and ignored for non-raw files.
- <cpu-num> - This specifies the CPU that should be used. This is an
- optional argument and will cause the CPU's PC to be set to
- the memory address where the raw file is loaded or the entry
- point specified in the executable format header. This option
- should only be used for the boot image.
- This will also cause the image to be written to the specified
- CPU's address space. If not specified, the default is CPU 0.
- <force-raw> - Setting force-raw=on forces the file to be treated as a raw
- image. This can be used to load supported executable formats
- as if they were raw.
-
-All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
-to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
-will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
-with a '0x'.
-
-An example of loading an ELF file which CPU0 will boot is shown below:
- -device loader,file=./images/boot.elf,cpu-num=0
-
-Restrictions and ToDos
-----------------------
- - At the moment it is just assumed that if you specify a cpu-num then you
- want to set the PC as well. This might not always be the case. In future
- the internal state 'set_pc' (which exists in the generic loader now) should
- be exposed to the user so that they can choose if the PC is set or not.
diff --git a/docs/system/generic-loader.rst b/docs/system/generic-loader.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bf8a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/system/generic-loader.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+..
+ Copyright (c) 2016, Xilinx Inc.
+
+This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See
+the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+Generic Loader
+--------------
+
+The 'loader' device allows the user to load multiple images or values into
+QEMU at startup.
+
+Loading Data into Memory Values
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+The loader device allows memory values to be set from the command line. This
+can be done by following the syntax below::
+
+ -device loader,addr=<addr>,data=<data>,data-len=<data-len> \
+ [,data-be=<data-be>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>]
+
+``<addr>``
+ The address to store the data in.
+
+``<data>``
+ The value to be written to the address. The maximum size of the data
+ is 8 bytes.
+
+``<data-len>``
+ The length of the data in bytes. This argument must be included if
+ the data argument is.
+
+``<data-be>``
+ Set to true if the data to be stored on the guest should be written
+ as big endian data. The default is to write little endian data.
+
+``<cpu-num>``
+ The number of the CPU's address space where the data should be
+ loaded. If not specified the address space of the first CPU is used.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOps parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of loading value 0x8000000e to address 0xfd1a0104 is::
+
+ -device loader,addr=0xfd1a0104,data=0x8000000e,data-len=4
+
+Setting a CPU's Program Counter
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The loader device allows the CPU's PC to be set from the command line. This
+can be done by following the syntax below::
+
+ -device loader,addr=<addr>,cpu-num=<cpu-num>
+
+``<addr>``
+ The value to use as the CPU's PC.
+
+``<cpu-num>``
+ The number of the CPU whose PC should be set to the specified value.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of setting CPU 0's PC to 0x8000 is::
+
+ -device loader,addr=0x8000,cpu-num=0
+
+Loading Files
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The loader device also allows files to be loaded into memory. It can load ELF,
+U-Boot, and Intel HEX executable formats as well as raw images. The syntax is
+shown below:
+
+ -device loader,file=<file>[,addr=<addr>][,cpu-num=<cpu-num>][,force-raw=<raw>]
+
+``<file>``
+ A file to be loaded into memory
+
+``<addr>``
+ The memory address where the file should be loaded. This is required
+ for raw images and ignored for non-raw files.
+
+``<cpu-num>``
+ This specifies the CPU that should be used. This is an
+ optional argument and will cause the CPU's PC to be set to the
+ memory address where the raw file is loaded or the entry point
+ specified in the executable format header. This option should only
+ be used for the boot image. This will also cause the image to be
+ written to the specified CPU's address space. If not specified, the
+ default is CPU 0. <force-raw> - Setting force-raw=on forces the file
+ to be treated as a raw image. This can be used to load supported
+ executable formats as if they were raw.
+
+All values are parsed using the standard QemuOpts parsing. This allows the user
+to specify any values in any format supported. By default the values
+will be parsed as decimal. To use hex values the user should prefix the number
+with a '0x'.
+
+An example of loading an ELF file which CPU0 will boot is shown below::
+
+ -device loader,file=./images/boot.elf,cpu-num=0
+
+Restrictions and ToDos
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+At the moment it is just assumed that if you specify a cpu-num then
+you want to set the PC as well. This might not always be the case. In
+future the internal state 'set_pc' (which exists in the generic loader
+now) should be exposed to the user so that they can choose if the PC
+is set or not.
+
+
diff --git a/docs/system/guest-loader.rst b/docs/system/guest-loader.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d03cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/system/guest-loader.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+..
+ Copyright (c) 2020, Linaro
+
+Guest Loader
+------------
+
+The guest loader is similar to the `generic-loader` although it is
+aimed at a particular use case of loading hypervisor guests. This is
+useful for debugging hypervisors without having to jump through the
+hoops of firmware and boot-loaders.
+
+The guest loader does two things:
+
+ - load blobs (kernels and initial ram disks) into memory
+ - sets platform FDT data so hypervisors can find and boot them
+
+This is what is typically done by a boot-loader like grub using it's
+multi-boot capability. A typical example would look like:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+ |qemu_system| -kernel ~/xen.git/xen/xen \
+ -append "dom0_mem=1G,max:1G loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all" \
+ -device guest-loader,addr=0x42000000,kernel=Image,bootargs="root=/dev/sda2 ro console=hvc0 earlyprintk=xen" \
+ -device guest-loader,addr=0x47000000,initrd=rootfs.cpio
+
+In the above example the Xen hypervisor is loaded by the -kernel
+parameter and passed it's boot arguments via -append. The Dom0 guest
+is loaded into the areas of memory. Each blob will get
+`/chosen/module@<addr>` entry in the FDT to indicate it's location and
+size. Additional information can be passed with by using additional
+arguments.
+
+Currently the only supported machines which use FDT data to boot are
+the ARM and RiscV `virt` machines.
+
+Arguments
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+The full syntax of the guest-loader is::
+
+ -device guest-loader,addr=<addr>[,kernel=<file>,[bootargs=<args>]][,initrd=<file>]
+
+``addr=<addr>``
+ This is mandatory and indicates the start address of the blob.
+
+``kernel|initrd=<file>``
+ Indicates the filename of the kernel or initrd blob. Both blobs will
+ have the "multiboot,module" compatibility string as well as
+ "multiboot,kernel" or "multiboot,ramdisk" as appropriate.
+
+``bootargs=<args>``
+ This is an optional field for kernel blobs which will pass command
+ like via the `/chosen/module@<addr>/bootargs` node.
diff --git a/docs/system/index.rst b/docs/system/index.rst
index 625b494..6ad9c93 100644
--- a/docs/system/index.rst
+++ b/docs/system/index.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Contents:
usb
ivshmem
linuxboot
+ generic-loader
+ guest-loader
vnc-security
tls
gdb
diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst
index 3a3acab..681678c 100644
--- a/docs/system/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/system/quickstart.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g.
|qemu_system| linux.img
Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
+
+Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity
+of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and assumes the
+first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot
+sector. For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine
+types, the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the
+machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines
+in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual.
diff --git a/docs/system/targets.rst b/docs/system/targets.rst
index 75ed108..9dcd95d 100644
--- a/docs/system/targets.rst
+++ b/docs/system/targets.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _system-targets-ref:
+
QEMU System Emulator Targets
============================