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author | Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com> | 2018-11-15 13:42:15 +0100 |
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committer | Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org> | 2020-08-19 10:50:49 +0000 |
commit | 57907fcebf12961a0dbd7300472a83711d251375 (patch) | |
tree | 45af61a09deadf196a63ce7778696a1cbf9f3f05 /Documentation/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i440fx.md | |
parent | e3dd57e1061760d37a3b1e38fc9a9c1ff9fdba66 (diff) |
mb/emulation/qemu-q35,qemu-i440fx: Add x86_64 support
* Enable optional x86_64 romstage, postcar and ramstage
* Add Kconfig for x86_64 compilation
* Add documentation for x86 qemu mainboards
* Increase CAR stack as x86_64 uses more than 0x4000 bytes
Working:
* Boots to Linux
* Boots to SeaBIOS
* Drops to protected mode at end of ramstage
* Enumerates PCI devices
* Relocateable ramstage
* SMM
Change-Id: If2f02a95b2f91ab51043d4e81054354f4a6eb5d5
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/29667
Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i440fx.md b/Documentation/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i440fx.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..059ad123c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i440fx.md @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +# qemu i440fx mainboard + +## Running coreboot in qemu +Emulators like qemu don't need a firmware to do hardware init. +The hardware starts in the configured state already. + +The coreboot port allows to test non mainboard specific code. +As you can easily attach a debugger, it's a good target for +experimental code. + +## coreboot x86_64 support +coreboot historically runs in 32-bit protected mode, even though the +processor supports x86_64 instructions (long mode). + +The qemu-i440fx mainboard has been ported to x86_64 and will serve as +reference platform to enable additional platforms. + +To enable the support set the Kconfig option ``CONFIG_CPU_QEMU_X86_64=y``. + +## Installing qemu + +On debian you can install qemu by running: +```bash +$ sudo apt-get install qemu +``` + +On redhat you can install qemu by running: +```bash +$ sudo dnf install qemu +``` + +## Running coreboot + +### To run the i386 version of coreboot (default) +Running on qemu-system-i386 will require a 32 bit operating system. + +```bash +qemu-system-i386 -bios build/coreboot.rom -serial stdio -M pc +``` + +### To run the experimental x86_64 version of coreboot +Running on qemu-system-x86_64 allows to run a 32 bit or 64 bit operating system, +as well as firmware. + +```bash +qemu-system-x86_64 -bios build/coreboot.rom -serial stdio -M pc +``` + +## Finding bugs +To test coreboot's x86 code it's recommended to run on a x86 host and enable KVM. +It will not only run faster, but is closer to real hardware. If you see the +following message: + + KVM internal error. Suberror: 1 + emulation failure + +something went wrong. The same bug will likely cause a FAULT on real hardware, +too. + +To enable KVM run: + +```bash +qemu-system-x86_64 -bios build/coreboot.rom -serial stdio -M pc -accel kvm -cpu host +``` |