linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 5/5] selftests/nolibc: use EFI -bios for LoongArch qemu

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:51:18 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, 
	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>, 
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 5/5] selftests/nolibc: use EFI -bios for
 LoongArch qemu

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
>
> [ Upstream commit bdeeeaba83682225a7bf5f100fe8652a59590d33 ]






>
> qemu for LoongArch does not work properly with direct kernel boot.
> The kernel will panic during initialization and hang without any output.
>
> When booting in EFI mode everything work correctly.
>
> While users most likely don't have the LoongArch EFI binary installed at
> least an explicit error about 'file not found' is better than a hanging
> test without output that can never succeed.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/1738d60a-df3a-4102-b1da-d16a29b6e06a@t-8ch.de/
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231031-nolibc-out-of-tree-v1-1-47c92f73590a@weissschuh.net
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Makefile | 9 ++++++++-


Same for the AUTOSEL 5.4.






>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index fc7bc81130dc..40c860f1c0a3 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -548,6 +548,13 @@ ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
>  # *config targets only - make sure prerequisites are updated, and descend
>  # in scripts/kconfig to make the *config target
>
> +QEMU_BIOS_DIR = /usr/share/edk2/
> +QEMU_BIOS_loongarch = $(QEMU_BIOS_DIR)/loongarch64/OVMF_CODE.fd
> +
> +ifneq ($(QEMU_BIOS_$(XARCH)),)
> +QEMU_ARGS_BIOS = -bios $(QEMU_BIOS_$(XARCH))
> +endif
> +
>  # Read arch specific Makefile to set KBUILD_DEFCONFIG as needed.
>  # KBUILD_DEFCONFIG may point out an alternative default configuration
>  # used for 'make defconfig'
> @@ -1303,7 +1310,7 @@ _modinst_:
>         fi
>         @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.order $(MODLIB)/
>         @cp -f $(objtree)/modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
> -       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
> +       $(Q)$(MAKE) $(QEMU_ARGS_BIOS) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modinst
>
>  # This depmod is only for convenience to give the initial
>  # boot a modules.dep even before / is mounted read-write.  However the
> --
> 2.43.0
>


--
Best Regards

Masahiro Yamada