Hi Huacai, On 9/16/20 4:12 AM, Huacai Chen wrote: > Loongson-3 CPU family include Loongson-3A R1/R2/R3/R4 and Loongson-3B > R1/R2. Loongson-3A R1 is the oldest and its ISA is the smallest, while > Loongson-3A R4 is the newest and its ISA is almost the superset of all > others. To reduce complexity, in QEMU we just define two CPU types: > > 1, "Loongson-3A1000" CPU which is corresponding to Loongson-3A R1. It is > suitable for TCG because Loongson-3A R1 has fewest ASE. > 2, "Loongson-3A4000" CPU which is corresponding to Loongson-3A R4. It is > suitable for KVM because Loongson-3A R4 has the VZ ASE. > [...]
> Of course the upstream kernel is also usable (though it is "unstable" > now): > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git > > How to use QEMU/Loongson-3? > 1, Download kernel source from the above URL; > 2, Build a kernel with arch/mips/configs/loongson3_{def,hpc}config; > 3, Boot a Loongson-3A4000 host with this kernel (for KVM mode); > 4, Build QEMU-master with this patchset; > 5, modprobe kvm (only necessary for KVM mode); > 6, Use QEMU with TCG: > qemu-system-mips64el -M loongson3-virt,accel=tcg -cpu Loongson-3A1000 > -kernel <path_to_kernel> -append ... > Use QEMU with KVM: > qemu-system-mips64el -M loongson3-virt,accel=kvm -cpu Loongson-3A4000 > -kernel <path_to_kernel> -append ... Can you add a KVM-only build CI job? Simply building, not running test, as there is no MIPS CI. See for example commit 41e1f0e2256 (".travis.yml: Add a KVM-only s390x job"), but add it to GitLab instead. Thanks! Phil.
