Am 25. Februar 2025 14:43:32 UTC schrieb Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>:
>On Sun, 23 Feb 2025 at 11:47, Bernhard Beschow <shentey@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This series adds a new aarch64 machine to QEMU: i.MX 8M Plus EVK [1]. It allows
>> for running Linux distributions such as Buildroot
>> (freescale_imx8mpevk_defconfig) and Arch Linux [2] via direct kernel boot.
>> U-Boot does not work yet. I plan to use this machine in CI and I also want to
>> make it available to a bigger audience, so I propose to add it to QEMU. My goal
>> would be to have it added for 10.0. For this, a Changelog entry could be added
>> under https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/10.0 such as:
>> * New board model "imx8mp-evk": i.MX 8M Plus Evaluation Kit
>>
>> The series is structured as follows: The first three patches fix some issues in
>> device models reused by the new machine. Patches 4-17 add the machine step by
>> step which includes documentation. The last patch adds an I²C RTC which I'd like
>> to use along with the new machine.
>>
>> I've based some code on existing one (see "Based on" in file headers) and I'm
>> unsure how to handle the licensing and attribution correctly -- advice welcome.
>
>Hi; I've applied most of this series to target-arm.next:
>patches 1 to 15 and 17.
Thanks a lot, Peter!
>I've left a comment about what
>I think we should do about patch 16 (the bootrom).
>Patch 18 (the RTC i2c device) I don't have any objection to,
>I just didn't have time to review it now and didn't want to delay
>getting the new board model in until I did find that time.
>Since the board code doesn't instantiate the i2c device,
>the RTC is kind of a separate thing from the board series
>anyway.
Yes, it's fairly separate. I'm looking forward to any comments.
Best regards,
Bernhard
>
>thanks
>-- PMM