Commit b1f1e9dcfa renamed 'riscv,delegate' to 'riscv,delegation' since it is the correct name as per dt-bindings, and the absence of the correct name will result in validation fails when dumping the dtb and using dt-validate.
But this change has a side-effect: every other firmware available that is AIA capable is using 'riscv,delegate', and it will fault/misbehave if this property isn't present. The property was added back in QEMU 7.0, meaning we have 2 years of firmware development using the wrong property. Re-introducing 'riscv,delegate' while keeping 'riscv,delegation' will make current firmwares to keep booting with the 'virt' machine and dt-validate won't complain about it since we're still using the expected property 'riscv,delegation'. 'riscv,delegate' is then marked for future deprecation and its use is being discouraged. Cc: Conor Dooley <co...@kernel.org> Cc: Anup Patel <apa...@ventanamicro.com> Fixes: b1f1e9dcfa ("hw/riscv/virt.c: aplic DT: rename prop to 'riscv, delegation'") Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <dbarb...@ventanamicro.com> --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ hw/riscv/virt.c | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 20b7a17cf0..88f0f03786 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -479,6 +479,17 @@ versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions depending on the machine type, so management software must resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine. +RISC-V "virt" board "riscv,delegate" DT property (since 9.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The "riscv,delegate" DT property was added in QEMU 7.0 as part of +the AIA APLIC support. The property changed name during the review +process in Linux and the correct name ended up being +"riscv,delegation". Changing the DT property name will break all +available firmwares that are using the current (wrong) name. The +property is kept as is in 9.1, together with "riscv,delegation", to +give more time for firmware developers to change their code. + Migration --------- diff --git a/hw/riscv/virt.c b/hw/riscv/virt.c index bc0893e087..9981e0f6c9 100644 --- a/hw/riscv/virt.c +++ b/hw/riscv/virt.c @@ -651,6 +651,15 @@ static void create_fdt_one_aplic(RISCVVirtState *s, int socket, qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, aplic_name, "riscv,delegation", aplic_child_phandle, 0x1, VIRT_IRQCHIP_NUM_SOURCES); + /* + * DEPRECATED_9.1: Compat property kept temporarily + * to allow old firmwares to work with AIA. Do *not* + * use 'riscv,delegate' in new code: use + * 'riscv,delegation' instead. + */ + qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(ms->fdt, aplic_name, "riscv,delegate", + aplic_child_phandle, 0x1, + VIRT_IRQCHIP_NUM_SOURCES); } riscv_socket_fdt_write_id(ms, aplic_name, socket); -- 2.45.2