Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] hw/riscv/virt: pflash improvements

[Andrea Bolognani]

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 05:40:03PM +0530, Sunil V L wrote:
> This series improves the pflash usage in RISC-V virt machine with solutions to
> below issues.
>
> 1) Currently the first pflash is reserved for ROM/M-mode firmware code. But 
> S-mode
> payload firmware like EDK2 need both pflash devices to have separate code and 
> variable
> store so that OS distros can keep the FW code as read-only.
>
> The issue is reported at
> https://salsa.debian.org/qemu-team/edk2/-/commit/c345655a0149f64c5020bfc1e53c619ce60587f6
>
> 2) The latest way of using pflash devices in other architectures and libvirt
> is by using -blockdev and machine options. However, currently this method is
> not working in RISC-V.
>
> With above issues fixed, added documentation on how to use pflash devices
> in RISC-V virt machine.
>
> This patch series is based on Alistair's riscv-to-apply.next branch.
>
> Changes since v4:
>       1) Updated patch 2 to avoid accessing private field as per feedback 
> from Philippe.
>       2) Updated documentation patch to add read-only for ROM usage.
>       3) Rebased to latest riscv-to-apply.next branch and updated tags.

Still works great :)

Tested-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>

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