On 2026-06-29 16:34, Aditya Gupta wrote:
> Overview
> ========
>
> This patch series merged two patch series sent earlier:
> "Testcase improvements for PowerNV"
> "Remove deprecated Power8E and 8NVL CPUs"
> since the Power8E removal series depended on the former due to pnv-spi
> test
>
> Broadly contains 3 changes:
> 1. Testcase improvements:
> Add a testcase to detect regression in remote interrupts when XIVE
> changes,
> since such regression had occurred during Power11 XIVE changes:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/baf6c854-832b-4a2e-922f-d34e6dadf821@redhat.com/
>
> Also add Power11 chip and testcase in qtests, and fadump functional
> test
>
> 2. Power8E/Power8NVL removal
> Power8E and Power8NVL were deprecated since QEMU 10.1, with
> commit 264a604e7163 ("target/ppc: Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL")
>
> Hence, remove usage (chip and core types) of Power8E and 8NVL from
> PowerNV,
> PSeries as well as testcases.
>
> 3. Maintainer changes
> Add myself as maintainer for PowerNV machine
>
> Testing
> =======
>
> * Git tree for testing:
> https://gitlab.com/adi-g15-ibm/qemu/tree/feat_maintainer-v3
> * Gitlab pipeline:
> https://gitlab.com/adi-g15-ibm/qemu/-/pipelines/2635562383
> * Successful ppc64 functional tests, qtests, boot tests, builds at all
> commits
>
> Changelog
> =========
> v3:
> + #3: use machine_type array in pnv_xscom_addr, as suggested by
> shivang, harsh and balaton
>
> v2:
> + #1: put e1000e on socket 1, and disable it's cpu, as suggested by
> cedric
> + #1: pull out command fail checks into a helper, as suggested by
> shivang
> + #2: use g_autofree, suggested by cedric
> + #3: use g_autofree in tests updated
> + #8: remove G:, as suggested by daniel
> + rebased to upstream
>
> from previous split series:
> + #1: added checks to see if network is up and interrupts happened,
> based on shivang's review
> + #3: replaced common if-else-if check for machine type with
> pnv_get_machine_type
> + #7: added doc in removed-features, as suggested by cedric
> + #6,7: added rb from philippe
> + #8: new patch, maintainer change
>
> Aditya Gupta (8):
> tests/functional: Add remote interrupts test for PowerNV
> tests/qtest/pnv_spi: Test Power11 PNV_SPI
> tests/qtest: Add Power11 chip & machine to qtests
> tests/functional: Use default powernv machine instead of power10
> ppc/pnv: Replace Power8E with Power11 for 'none' machine test
> ppc/pnv: Remove Power8E and Power8NVL pnv chips
> ppc/pnv: Remove Power8E and Power8NVL CPUs
> MAINTAINERS: Add self as maintainer for PowerNV
>
> MAINTAINERS | 2 +-
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 ---
> docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 +++
> docs/system/ppc/powernv.rst | 2 +-
> docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst | 2 +-
> hw/ppc/pnv.c | 62 -----------------
> hw/ppc/pnv_core.c | 2 -
> hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c | 2 -
> include/hw/ppc/pnv.h | 8 ---
> target/ppc/cpu-models.c | 6 --
> target/ppc/cpu-models.h | 4 --
> target/ppc/cpu_init.c | 6 --
> target/ppc/kvm.c | 4 +-
> tests/functional/ppc64/test_fadump.py | 2 +-
> tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tests/qtest/machine-none-test.c | 2 +-
> tests/qtest/pnv-host-i2c-test.c | 10 ++-
> tests/qtest/pnv-spi-seeprom-test.c | 20 ++++--
> tests/qtest/pnv-xive2-test.c | 2 +-
> tests/qtest/pnv-xscom-test.c | 22 ++----
> tests/qtest/pnv-xscom.h | 41 +++++++----
> 21 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 149 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 20553466cc47af6a8c95f665b601fce3c852e503
Hi Aditya,
I've tested the v3 patch series on PowerNV and pSeries guests including
the new remote interrupts functional test and Power8E/NVL removal.
Testing Environment:
- Host: Fedora 42 ppc64le
- Arch: ppc64le
- QEMU: emulator version 11.0.50 (v11.0.0-2400-g20553466cc-dirty)
PowerNV Guest Bringup
Status: Success
qemu-system-ppc64 -name test-vm -machine powernv -m 4096 -smp 4
-nographic -kernel
~/.cache/qemu/download/6fd29aff9ad4362511ea5d0acbb510667c7031928e97d64ec15bbc5daf4b8151
-drive
file=~/.cache/qemu/download/aee2192b692077c4bde31cb56ce474424b358f17cec323d5c94af3970c9aada2,format=raw,if=none,id=drive0,readonly=on
-device nvme,drive=drive0,bus=pcie.2,addr=0x0,serial=1234 -append
"root=/dev/nvme0n1 console=tty0 console=hvc0"
PSeries Guest Bringup
Status: Success
qemu-system-ppc64 -name test-vm -machine pseries,accel=kvm -m 4096 smp
8,sockets=1,cores=8,threads=1 -nographic -serial mon:stdio -drive
file=/home/kvmci/tests/data/avocado-vt/images/rhel8.0devel-ppc64le.qcow2,if=virtio,format=qcow2
-netdev bridge,id=net0,br=virbr0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
Power8E/NVL Removal Verification
Status: Success (both correctly rejected after removal)
qemu-system-ppc64: unable to find CPU model 'power8e_v2.1'
qemu-system-ppc64: unable to find CPU model 'power8nvl_v1.0'
QEMU Functional Test Results (make check-functional-ppc64)
Status: Success
Ok: 12
Fail: 0
Skipped: 4
QEMU Unit Test Results (make check-qtest-ppc64)
Status: Success
Ok: 33
Fail: 0
Skipped: 0
Result: All tests passed successfully.
Tested-by: Misbah Anjum N <misanjum@linux.ibm.com>
Thanks,
Misbah Anjum N