** Description changed: OpenSBI 0.8 backport [Impact] - * OpenSBI is used to create RISC-V images for various boards and to + * OpenSBI is used to create RISC-V images for various boards and to boot RISC-V virtual machines. - * 0.7 & 0.8 add support for more hardware, but are otherwise backwards + * 0.7 & 0.8 add support for more hardware, but are otherwise backwards compatible. - * qemu/virt file location got moved to generic, add backwards + * qemu/virt file location got moved to generic, add backwards compatible symlink for it, to avoid breaking any stable users. [Test Case] - * Boot cpc hirsute cloud image using opensbi fw loader from qemu/virt + * Boot cpc hirsute cloud image using opensbi fw loader from qemu/virt and generic location [Where problems could occur] - * OpenSBI adds more hardware features, which some kernels might not be + * OpenSBI adds more hardware features, which some kernels might not be compatible with. Given how quickly the platform evolves newer OpenSBI is - better. + better. But things may fail to boot, or missbehave - i.e. a VM that used + to boot and not work, will now boot and not work differently =) for + example there are shutdown/poweroff/reboot issues with any sets of + opensbi & Ubuntu kernels. [Other Info] - + OpenSBI Version 0.8 @avpatel avpatel released this on 20 Jun This release has: Simple FDT timer driver framework Simple FDT ipi driver framework Simple FDT irqchip driver framework Simple FDT serial framework Generic FDT based platform support Nuclei UX600 platform support Detect HART CSRs at boot time Multi-PLIC support Multi-CLINT support Allow multiple builtin DTBs Hypervisor v0.6.1 specification support Shakti C-class platform support OpenSBI Version 0.7 @avpatel avpatel released this on 20 Apr This release has: Lots of code cleanups Lots of performance improvements SBI v0.2 HSM extension Simple bitops library Simple bitmap library Simple hartmask library Sparse and discontinuous HART id support Memory reservation in DTB passed to next booting stage OpenPiton platform support
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