The fw_cfg interface provided by QEMU allow guests to retrieve various information about the system, e.g. cpu number, variaous firmware data, kernel setup, etc. The fw_cfg interface can be accessed through 3 IO ports (on x86), using x86 in/out instructions.
- 0x510: select configuration items to access - 0x511: reading this port will return data selected in 0x510 - 0x514: this can be used to detect if DMA interface is available
If fw_cfg DMA interface is available, it can be used to accelerate accesses.
This patchset adds the following supports for qemu-x86 targets:
+ the fw_cfg driver itself
+ add a U-Boot command 'fw' to support direct accessing kernel informtion from fw_cfg interface, this saves the time of loading them from hard disk or network again, through emulated devices.
+ use fw_cfg to get cpu number at runtime, so smp boot no longer relies on the cpu node hard-coded in dts files.
Changes in v5: + change 'fw' to 'qfw' + dynamically bind cpu device instead of fixing device tree blob + various cleanups
Miao Yan (8): x86: adjust ramdisk load address x86: qemu: add fw_cfg support x86: qemu: add a cpu uclass driver for qemu target x86: fix a typo in function name x86: use actual CPU number for allocating memory x86: qemu: fix cpu device in smp boot x86: qemu: remove cpu node in device tree x86: qemu: add documentaion for the fw_cfg interface
arch/x86/cpu/mp_init.c | 85 +++++++++++- arch/x86/cpu/qemu/Makefile | 2 +- arch/x86/cpu/qemu/cpu.c | 52 +++++++ arch/x86/cpu/qemu/fw_cfg.c | 286 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/cpu/qemu/qemu.c | 3 + arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_i440fx.dts | 9 +- arch/x86/dts/qemu-x86_q35.dts | 9 +- arch/x86/include/asm/fw_cfg.h | 95 +++++++++++++ doc/README.x86 | 34 ++++- include/configs/x86-common.h | 3 +- 10 files changed, 551 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/x86/cpu/qemu/cpu.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/cpu/qemu/fw_cfg.c create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/fw_cfg.h