On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 07:09:28AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Hi Zhao,
> 
> This is my answer to this comment of yours:
> 
>  > Although other callers of fw_cfg_init_io_dma() besides x86 also pass
>  > DMA arguments to create DMA-enabled FwCfgIoState, the "dma_enabled"
>  > property of FwCfgIoState cannot yet be removed, because Sun4u and Sun4v
>  > still create DMA-disabled FwCfgIoState (bypass fw_cfg_init_io_dma()) in
>  > sun4uv_init() (hw/sparc64/sun4u.c).
>  >
>  > Maybe reusing fw_cfg_init_io_dma() for them would be a better choice, or
>  > adding fw_cfg_init_io_nodma(). However, before that, first simplify the
>  > handling of FwCfgState in x86.
>  >
>  > Considering that FwCfgIoState in x86 enables DMA by default, remove the
>  > handling for DMA-disabled cases and replace DMA checks with assertions
>  > to ensure that the default DMA-enabled setting is not broken.
> 
> My series is to apply just after this patch of your series:
> 
>   [PATCH v5 10/28] hw/mips/loongson3_virt: Prefer using 
> fw_cfg_init_mem_nodma()
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phil.


pc/fwcfg things:

Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>


> Based-on: <[email protected]>
> 
> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (12):
>   hw/ppc/mac: Use fw_cfg_init_mem_nodma()
>   hw/sparc/sun4m: Use fw_cfg_init_mem_nodma()
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Factor fw_cfg_init_mem_internal() out
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Rename fw_cfg_init_mem_wide() ->
>     fw_cfg_init_mem_dma()
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Propagate I/O MemoryRegion to fw_cfg_init_io_dma()
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Factor fw_cfg_init_io_internal() out
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Add fw_cfg_init_io_nodma() helper
>   hw/sparc64/sun4u: Use fw_cfg_init_io_nodma()
>   hw/nvram/fw_cfg: Remove fw_cfg_io_properties::dma_enabled
>   hw/i386/x86: Remove X86MachineClass::fwcfg_dma_enabled field
>   hw/i386/pc: Remove multiboot.bin
>   hw/i386: Remove linuxboot.bin
> 
> Zhao Liu (1):
>   hw/i386: Assume fw_cfg DMA is always enabled
> 
>  include/hw/i386/x86.h             |   2 -
>  include/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h         |  11 +-
>  pc-bios/optionrom/optionrom.h     |   4 -
>  hw/arm/virt.c                     |   2 +-
>  hw/i386/fw_cfg.c                  |  19 +--
>  hw/i386/microvm.c                 |   6 +-
>  hw/i386/multiboot.c               |   7 +-
>  hw/i386/pc.c                      |   7 +-
>  hw/i386/x86-common.c              |   7 +-
>  hw/i386/x86.c                     |   2 -
>  hw/loongarch/fw_cfg.c             |   4 +-
>  hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c                 |  61 ++++----
>  hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c             |  11 +-
>  hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c             |  11 +-
>  hw/riscv/virt.c                   |   4 +-
>  hw/sparc/sun4m.c                  |  12 +-
>  hw/sparc64/sun4u.c                |   9 +-
>  pc-bios/meson.build               |   2 -
>  pc-bios/multiboot.bin             | Bin 1024 -> 0 bytes
>  pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile        |   2 +-
>  pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S     | 195 -------------------------
>  pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot.S     | 232 -----------------------------
>  pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot_dma.S | 234 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  23 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 542 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 pc-bios/multiboot.bin
>  delete mode 100644 pc-bios/optionrom/linuxboot.S
>  delete mode 100644 pc-bios/optionrom/multiboot.S
> 
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 
> 


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