[meta-intel] [PATCH] rmc: enable serial console when running under QEMU

Minchev, Todor todor.minchev at intel.com
Thu Mar 23 14:08:07 PDT 2017


On Wed, 2017-03-22 at 10:58 +0200, Dmitry Rozhkov wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 23:02 +0000, Minchev, Todor wrote:
> > QEMU inserts its default machine type into the processor information
> > field (SMBIOS type 2 structure) which results in different
> > fingerprints.
> > 
> > QEMU 2.6
> > Finger 2 value  : pc-i440fx-2.6
> > 
> > QEMU 2.8
> > Finger 2 value  : pc-i440fx-2.8
> > 
> > The 'pc' machine type is an alias to the default machine.
> > pc -> pc-i440fx-2.6 (qemu 2.6)
> > pc -> pc-i440fx-2.8 (qemu 2.8)
> > 
> > Using the pc machine alias should result in identical fingerprints
> > for
> > all versions of qemu (provided that the same OVMF is used).
> > 
> > runqemu ovmf qemuparams="-machine pc"
> > refkit-image-common wic intel-corei7-64 slirp serial nographic
> 
> I've added qemuparams="-machine pc" to the command, but Finger 2 value
> still resolves to pc-i440fx-2.8.

I am going to look into this. Here is the bug to track the issue:

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11229

> The full command was
> 
> runqemu - INFO - Running /home/rojkov/work/iot-ref-kit/build/tmp-
> glibc/work/intel_corei7_64-refkit-linux/refkit-image-common/1.0-
> r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -device virtio-net-
> pci,netdev=net0,mac=52:54:00:12:35:02 -netdev
> user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22,hostfwd=tcp::2323-:23 -drive
> if=virtio,file=/home/rojkov/work/iot-ref-kit/build/tmp-
> glibc/deploy/images/intel-corei7-64/refkit-image-common-intel-corei7-
> 64.wic,format=raw -no-reboot -vga vmware -show-cursor -usb -usbdevice
> tablet -device virtio-rng-pci -drive
> if=pflash,format=qcow2,file=/home/rojkov/work/iot-ref-kit/build/tmp-
> glibc/deploy/images/intel-corei7-64/ovmf.qcow2 -vga std  -machine pc  -
> cpu Nehalem -m 256 -serial mon:vc -serial null 
> 
> And rmc's output:
> 
> root at intel-corei7-64:~# rmc -F
> Got Fingerprint for board:
> 
> Finger 0 type   : 0x01
> Finger 0 offset : 0x05
> Finger 0 name:  : product_name
> Finger 0 value  : Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> 
> Finger 1 type   : 0x02
> Finger 1 offset : 0x05
> Finger 1 name:  : product_name
> Finger 1 value  : 
> 
> Finger 2 type   : 0x04
> Finger 2 offset : 0x10
> Finger 2 name:  : version
> Finger 2 value  : pc-i440fx-2.8
> 
> Finger 3 type   : 0x7f
> Finger 3 offset : 0x00
> Finger 3 name:  : reserved
> Finger 3 value  : 
> 
> Finger 4 type   : 0x7f
> Finger 4 offset : 0x00
> Finger 4 name:  : reserved
> Finger 4 value  : 
> 
> BR,
> Dmitry
> 
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Todor
> >  
> > On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 14:37 +0200, Dmitry Rozhkov wrote:
> > > 
> > > Since we can run ordinary intel-corei7-64 wic images under QEMU
> > > it makes sense to add QEMU quirks enabling serial console
> > > to the RMC DB.
> > > 
> > > This patch appends "console=ttyS0,115200" to kernel command
> > > line in case the image is used to run a QEMU VM e.g. with the
> > > command:
> > > 
> > >     $ runqemu ovmf refkit-image-common wic intel-corei7-64 slirp
> > > serial nographic
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately different major versions of QEMU produce different
> > > RMC fingerprints, so the QEMU versions 2.6.x and 2.8.x should be
> > > treated as different boards.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Rozhkov <dmitry.rozhkov at linux.intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/KBOOTPARAM  |   1 +
> > >  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/qemu-2.6.fp | Bin 0 -> 113
> > > bytes
> > >  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/KBOOTPARAM  |   1 +
> > >  common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/qemu-2.8.fp | Bin 0 -> 113
> > > bytes
> > >  4 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-
> > > 2.6/KBOOTPARAM
> > >  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/qemu-
> > > 2.6.fp
> > >  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-
> > > 2.8/KBOOTPARAM
> > >  create mode 100644 common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/qemu-
> > > 2.8.fp
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/KBOOTPARAM
> > > b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/KBOOTPARAM
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..476b1fb
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/KBOOTPARAM
> > > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > > +console=ttyS0,115200
> > > diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/qemu-2.6.fp
> > > b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.6/qemu-2.6.fp
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index
> > > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4c41657f2e98b6c1b836e088
> > > b56d477941de5fd
> > > GIT binary patch
> > > literal 113
> > > zcmZQ%Ehx%QDNQbk&r8frWe6 at w%u7iuN>K=KR?x^aF)?t9P|#Kg at brw(Q82W$G}B~Y
> > > rLe;>)B2boERGgWg$54>03(}ERp=+dP#!$~tlv<oxRF;~;fWig<a~B~<
> > > 
> > > literal 0
> > > HcmV?d00001
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/KBOOTPARAM
> > > b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/KBOOTPARAM
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..476b1fb
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/KBOOTPARAM
> > > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > > +console=ttyS0,115200
> > > diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/qemu-2.8.fp
> > > b/common/recipes-bsp/rmc/boards/qemu-2.8/qemu-2.8.fp
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index
> > > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f28f37c33e01186c0f87cea9
> > > 611b58ef11edcc1
> > > GIT binary patch
> > > literal 113
> > > zcmZQ%Ehx%QDNQbk&r8frWe6 at w%u7iuN>K=KR?x^aF)?t9P|#Kg at brw(Q82W$G}B~Y
> > > rLe;>)B2boERGgWg$54>03(}ERp=+dP!BEdolv<oxRF;~;fWig<b4wvg
> > > 
> > > literal 0
> > > HcmV?d00001
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.7.4
> > > 
> > 



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