Hi Alex,

On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM Alex Bennée <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Bin Meng <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > The Phytium E2000Q combines two FTC310 cores and two FTC664 cores.
> > Its EL3 firmware accesses implementation-defined system registers
> > while setting up the cores. Using generic Cortex-A72 CPUs leaves
> > these registers undefined and traps firmware before it can reach
> > U-Boot.
> >
> > Add FTC310 and FTC664 CPU types using Cortex-A72 as their common
> > execution base. Provide conservative RAZ/WI and NOP stubs for the
> > firmware-visible E2000 controls that have no modeled behavior.
> >
> > Set each CPU DT compatible string, MIDR, instruction feature fields,
> > AArch32 floating-point feature fields, and CTR_EL0.L1Ip field to
> > values observed on an E2000Q board. The FTC310 reports a VIPT
> > instruction cache, while the FTC664 reports a PIPT instruction cache.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >
> >  target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c | 81
> >  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I wonder if cpu64 is the best place to model this? The alternative is to
> treat it like other SoCs (e.g. the Pi's BCM SoCs). Was the reason it
> ended up here because you needed access to aarch64_a72_initfn? Could you
> not instantiate:
>
>     soc_base->cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-a72");
>
> and then at realize:
>
>     object_initialize_child(OBJECT(dev), "cpu[*]", &s->cpu[n].core,
>                                 soc_base->cpu_type);
>
> or does that not allow for tweaking the CP regs?
>

I followed your advice and that worked like a charm. Will move the
Phytium-specific CPU type in the SoC/machine codes in v2.

>
> >  1 file changed, 81 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c b/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
> > index affd87a3ae..0fd2f79bbc 100644
> > --- a/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
> > +++ b/target/arm/tcg/cpu64.c
> > @@ -336,6 +336,85 @@ static void aarch64_a72_initfn(Object *obj)
> >      define_cortex_a72_a57_a53_cp_reginfo(cpu);
> >  }
> >

Regards,
Bin

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