Hi Andrew, > This patch series models enough of the ASPEED AST2400 ARM9 SoC[0] to > boot an aspeed_defconfig Linux kernel[1][2]. Specifically, the series > implements the ASPEED timer and VIC devices, integrates them into an > AST2400 SoC and exposes it all through a new opbmc2400 machine. The > device model patches only partially implement the hardware features of > the timer and VIC, again mostly just enough to boot Linux.
Awesome! Nice to have these patches escaping the lab :) In terms of naming suggestions: I think this depends on what we're looking to emulate here. I see two options: The qemu platform becomes a "reference" for OpenPOWER bmc hardware, but doesn't necessarily align with an actual machine. In that case, something generic like opbmc-<SoC> would make sense. On the other hand, if we'd like to create qemu platforms that represent actual machines (eg, the OpenPOWER "palmetto" machine), then <PLATFORM>-bmc would seem more appropriate. In this case, the machine name would be palmetto-bmc. No need to include the SoC name in that, as it's defined by the hardware implementation. I think the latter option may be more generally useful. Regards, Jeremy
