On Thu, 19 Dec, 2024, 10:21 pm Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, <phi...@linaro.org>
wrote:

> On 19/12/24 17:16, Ani Sinha wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 19 Dec, 2024, 9:22 pm Philippe Mathieu-Daudé, <phi...@linaro.org
> > <mailto:phi...@linaro.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 16/12/24 12:48, Ani Sinha wrote:
> >
> >      > diff --git a/hw/misc/meson.build b/hw/misc/meson.build
> >      > index d02d96e403..4c5bdb0de2 100644
> >      > --- a/hw/misc/meson.build
> >      > +++ b/hw/misc/meson.build
> >      > @@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MAC_VIA',
> >     if_true: files('mac_via.c'))
> >      >   specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MIPS_CPS', if_true:
> >     files('mips_cmgcr.c', 'mips_cpc.c'))
> >      >   specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_MIPS_ITU', if_true:
> >     files('mips_itu.c'))
> >      >
> >      > +specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_FW_CFG_DMA', if_true:
> >     files('vmfwupdate.c'))
> >
> >     FW_CFG_DMA is offered by multiple targets ...:
> >
> >     $ git grep -w FW_CFG_DMA
> >     hw/arm/Kconfig:19:    select FW_CFG_DMA
> >     hw/i386/Kconfig:82:    select FW_CFG_DMA
> >     hw/i386/Kconfig:113:    select FW_CFG_DMA
> >     hw/loongarch/Kconfig:22:    select FW_CFG_DMA
> >     hw/riscv/Kconfig:59:    select FW_CFG_DMA
> >
> >      > diff --git a/hw/misc/vmfwupdate.c b/hw/misc/vmfwupdate.c
> >      > new file mode 100644
> >      > index 0000000000..1e29a610c0
> >      > --- /dev/null
> >      > +++ b/hw/misc/vmfwupdate.c
> >      > @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
> >      > +/*
> >      > + * Guest driven VM boot component update device
> >      > + * For details and specification, please look at docs/specs/
> >     vmfwupdate.rst.
> >      > + *
> >      > + * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
> >      > + *
> >      > + * Authors: Ani Sinha <anisi...@redhat.com
> >     <mailto:anisi...@redhat.com>>
> >      > + *
> >      > + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version
> >     2 or later.
> >      > + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> >      > + *
> >      > + */
> >      > +
> >      > +#include "qemu/osdep.h"
> >      > +#include "qapi/error.h"
> >      > +#include "qemu/module.h"
> >      > +#include "sysemu/reset.h"
> >      > +#include "hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h"
> >      > +#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
> >
> >     ... however ...
> >
> >      > +#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
> >      > +#include "hw/misc/vmfwupdate.h"
> >      > +#include "qemu/error-report.h"
> >      > +
> >      > +static void fw_update_reset(void *dev)
> >      > +{
> >      > +    /* a NOOP at present */
> >      > +    return;
> >      > +}
> >      > +
> >      > +
> >      > +static uint64_t get_max_fw_size(void)
> >      > +{
> >      > +    Object *m_obj = qdev_get_machine();
> >      > +    PCMachineState *pcms = PC_MACHINE(m_obj);
> >      > +
> >      > +    if (pcms) {
> >      > +        return pcms->max_fw_size;
> >
> >     ... this code depends on x86/PC.
> >
> >     Could it be wiser to add a new VM_FWUPDATE Kconfig
> >     symbol, having it depending on FW_CFG_DMA && I386?
> >
> >
> > There is no reason why vmfwupdate would be limited to x86 only. There is
> > minimal support needed from hypervisor side for this mechanism. That
> > mechanism has little dependency on specific platform.
>
> OK, then please remove that PCMachineState use


That is used because the max_fw_size property only exists for pc machines.
Do you have a better idea to get this value in a platform agnostic way?
Like I said in the previous reply I do not know how to get this value
reliably for all machines. If anyone has better ideas, I'm all ears.

.
>
> What about the FW_CFG_DMA dependency?
>
>

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