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Message-ID: <20260203170824.2968045-2-visitorckw@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2026 17:08:23 +0000
From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
To: geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	sre@...nel.org
Cc: jserv@...s.ncku.edu.tw,
	eleanor15x@...il.com,
	daniel@...f.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] power: reset: Add QEMU virt-ctrl driver

Add a new driver for the 'virt-ctrl' device found on QEMU virt machines
(e.g. m68k). This device provides a simple interface for system reset
and power off [1].

This driver utilizes the modern system-off API to register callbacks
for both system restart and power off. It is designed to be generic and
can be reused by other architectures utilizing this QEMU device.

Link: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/v10.2.0/hw/misc/virt_ctrl.c [1]
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use devm_register_sys_off_handler() instead of register_restart_handler()
  and global pm_power_off.
- Switch Kconfig to tristate to support modular build.
- Add .id_table to platform_driver and use MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() to correct
  module auto-loading.

 MAINTAINERS                          |  6 ++
 drivers/power/reset/Kconfig          | 10 ++++
 drivers/power/reset/Makefile         |  1 +
 drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 106 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0efa8cc6775b..57b403dae375 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -21190,6 +21190,12 @@ S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
 F:	include/uapi/linux/qemu_fw_cfg.h
 
+QEMU VIRT MACHINE SYSTEM CONTROLLER DRIVER
+M:	Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
+L:	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
+S:	Maintained
+F:	drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c
+
 QLOGIC QL41xxx FCOE DRIVER
 M:	Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@...vell.com>
 M:	Javed Hasan <jhasan@...vell.com>
diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/Kconfig b/drivers/power/reset/Kconfig
index f6c1bcbb57de..99e3334726a5 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/Kconfig
@@ -354,4 +354,14 @@ config POWER_MLXBF
 	help
 	  This driver supports reset or low power mode handling for Mellanox BlueField.
 
+config POWER_RESET_QEMU_VIRT_CTRL
+	tristate "QEMU Virt Machine System Controller"
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
+	help
+	  This driver supports the system reset and power off functionality
+	  provided by the QEMU 'virt-ctrl' device.
+
+	  Say Y here if you are running Linux on a QEMU virtual machine that
+	  provides this controller, such as the m68k virt machine.
+
 endif
diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/Makefile b/drivers/power/reset/Makefile
index 0e4ae6f6b5c5..d7ae97241a83 100644
--- a/drivers/power/reset/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/Makefile
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCON_REBOOT_MODE) += syscon-reboot-mode.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POWER_RESET_SC27XX) += sc27xx-poweroff.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVMEM_REBOOT_MODE) += nvmem-reboot-mode.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_POWER_MLXBF) += pwr-mlxbf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_POWER_RESET_QEMU_VIRT_CTRL) += qemu-virt-ctrl.o
diff --git a/drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c b/drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2192ead56ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/power/reset/qemu-virt-ctrl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * QEMU Virt Machine System Controller Driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
+
+/* Registers */
+#define VIRT_CTRL_REG_FEATURES	0x00
+#define VIRT_CTRL_REG_CMD	0x04
+
+/* Commands */
+#define CMD_NOOP	0
+#define CMD_RESET	1
+#define CMD_HALT	2
+#define CMD_PANIC	3
+
+static int qemu_virt_ctrl_power_off(struct sys_off_data *data)
+{
+	void __iomem *base = data->cb_data;
+
+	iowrite32be(CMD_HALT, base + VIRT_CTRL_REG_CMD);
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static int qemu_virt_ctrl_restart(struct sys_off_data *data)
+{
+	void __iomem *base = data->cb_data;
+
+	iowrite32be(CMD_RESET, base + VIRT_CTRL_REG_CMD);
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static int qemu_virt_ctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	void __iomem *base;
+	int ret;
+
+	base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(base))
+		return PTR_ERR(base);
+
+	ret = devm_register_sys_off_handler(&pdev->dev,
+					    SYS_OFF_MODE_RESTART,
+					    SYS_OFF_PRIO_DEFAULT,
+					    qemu_virt_ctrl_restart,
+					    base);
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
+				     "cannot register restart handler\n");
+
+	ret = devm_register_sys_off_handler(&pdev->dev,
+					    SYS_OFF_MODE_POWER_OFF,
+					    SYS_OFF_PRIO_DEFAULT,
+					    qemu_virt_ctrl_power_off,
+					    base);
+	if (ret)
+		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
+				     "cannot register power-off handler\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct platform_device_id qemu_virt_ctrl_id[] = {
+	{ "qemu-virt-ctrl", 0 },
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, qemu_virt_ctrl_id);
+
+static struct platform_driver qemu_virt_ctrl_driver = {
+	.probe = qemu_virt_ctrl_probe,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "qemu-virt-ctrl",
+	},
+	.id_table = qemu_virt_ctrl_id,
+};
+module_platform_driver(qemu_virt_ctrl_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("QEMU Virt Machine System Controller Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-- 
2.53.0.rc1.225.gd81095ad13-goog


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