With specification at hand from the reference manual from Freescale
http://cache.nxp.com/files/32bit/doc/ref_manual/SPEPEM.pdf , I have found a fix
to efscmp* instructions handling in QEMU.
efscmp* instructions in QEMU set crD (Condition Register nibble) values as
(0b0100 << 2) = 0b10000 (consider the HELPER_SINGLE_SPE_CMP macro which left
shifts the value returned by efscmp* handler by 2 bits). A value of 0b10000 is
not correct according the to the reference manual.
The reference manual expects efscmp* instructions to return a value of 0bx1xx.
Please find attached a patch which disables left shifting in
HELPER_SINGLE_SPE_CMP macro. This macro is used by efscmp* and efstst*
instructions only. efstst* instruction handlers, in turn, call efscmp* handlers
too.
*Explanation:*
Traditionally, each crD (condition register nibble) consist of 4 bits, which is
set by comparisons as follows:
crD = W X Y Z
where
W = Less than
X = Greater than
Y = Equal to
However, efscmp* instructions being a special case return a binary result.
(efscmpeq will set the crD = 0bx1xx iff when op1 == op2 and 0bx0xx otherwise;
i.e. there is no notion of different crD values based on Less than, Greater
than and Equal to).
This effectively means that crD will store a "Greater than" comparison result
iff efscmp* instruction comparison is TRUE. Compiler exploits this feature by
checking for "Branch if Less than or Equal to" (ble instruction) OR "Branch if
Greater than" (bgt instruction) for Branch if FALSE OR Branch if TRUE
respectively after an efscmp* instruction. This can be seen in a assembly code
snippet below:
27 if (__real__ x != 3.0f || __imag__ x != 4.0f)
10000498: lwz r10,8(r31)
1000049c: lis r9,16448
100004a0: efscmpeq cr7,r10,r9
100004a4: ble- cr7,0x100004b8 <bar+60> //jump to abort() call
100004a8: lwz r10,12(r31)
100004ac: lis r9,16512
100004b0: efscmpeq cr7,r10,r9
100004b4: bgt- cr7,0x100004bc <bar+64> //skip abort() call
28 abort ();
100004b8: bl 0x10000808 <abort>
Signed-off-by: Talha Imran <talha_imran@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Complete details of the process for building and configuring QEMU for
all supported host platforms can be found in the qemu-tech.html file.
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere
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