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On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 09:47:27AM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 06:07:52PM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> > The harts requirements of RISC-V server platform [1] require RVA23 ISA
> > profile support and others.
> > 
> > We're going for a profile-based implementation, instead of a regular CPU
> > that can inherit RVA23, to allow future CPUs to use it internally as a
> > starting base for their own extension sets.  There's also a new
> > 'rvserver-ref-1.0' flag that can be used to set the extensions in the
> > command line for other CPUs, which can be used for testing/debugging
> > purposes.
> > 
> > Note that for all intents and purposes "riscv-server-ref" is a regular
> > CPU and no, we're not trying to set a precedent of calling the riscv
> > server platform spec a profile.
> > 
> > [1] defines in rule SEE_020 that we must support at least 11 debug
> > triggers (4 for insn address, 4 for insn load/store, 1 for icount,
> > one for int, one for excp).  We're going for the minimum.  If more
> > triggers are needed users can set any trigger amount with:
> > 
> > -cpu riscv-server-ref,trigger-count=N

s/trigger-count/num-triggers/

> > 
> > Note that N must be <= 128.

Why? Isn't the limit RV_MAX_TRIGGERS == 1024?

> > 
> > [1] 
> > https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-server-platform/blob/main/server_platform_requirements.adoc
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Icenowy Zheng <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Matheus Ferst <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Chao Liu <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Sunil V L <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  target/riscv/cpu-qom.h |  1 +
> >  target/riscv/cpu.c     | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu-qom.h b/target/riscv/cpu-qom.h
> > index 1a28f1369c..61234842e3 100644
> > --- a/target/riscv/cpu-qom.h
> > +++ b/target/riscv/cpu-qom.h
> > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_RVA22S64         RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rva22s64")
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_RVA23U64         RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rva23u64")
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_RVA23S64         RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("rva23s64")
> > +#define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_RVSERVER_REF     
> > RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("riscv-server-ref")
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_IBEX             RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("lowrisc-ibex")
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_SHAKTI_C         RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("shakti-c")
> >  #define TYPE_RISCV_CPU_SIFIVE_E         RISCV_CPU_TYPE_NAME("sifive-e")
> > diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.c b/target/riscv/cpu.c
> > index 773aeba8da..0b0b8e0a99 100644
> > --- a/target/riscv/cpu.c
> > +++ b/target/riscv/cpu.c
> > @@ -2424,11 +2424,36 @@ static RISCVCPUProfile RVA23S64 = {
> >      }
> >  };
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * This riscv-server-ref entry isn't a profile per se but its
> > + * CPU definition can be modelled as a profile that extends
> > + * RVA23, with additional things on top of it, and allowing
> > + * future CPUs to derive from it via
> > + * ".profile = &RVServerRef1_0;".
> > + */
> > +static RISCVCPUProfile RVServerRef1_0 = {
> > +    .s_parent = &RVA23S64,
> > +    .name = "riscv-server-ref-1.0",

rva23 mandates Ss1p13, so shouldn't we have an explicit

 .priv_spec = PRIV_VERSION_1_13_0 

here?

> > +    .satp_mode = VM_1_10_SV48,
> > +    .ext_offsets = {
> > +        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zkr),
> > +        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_sdext),
> > +        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_sdtrig),
> > +        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_ssaia),
> > +        CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_ssccfg),
> > +        /* ssstrict is always enabled for PRIV_VER_1_12 */
> > +
> > +        RISCV_PROFILE_EXT_LIST_END
> > +    }
> > +};
> > +
> > +
> >  RISCVCPUProfile *riscv_profiles[] = {
> >      &RVA22U64,
> >      &RVA22S64,
> >      &RVA23U64,
> >      &RVA23S64,
> > +    &RVServerRef1_0,
> >      NULL,
> >  };
> >  
> > @@ -3766,6 +3791,13 @@ static const TypeInfo riscv_cpu_type_infos[] = {
> >  #endif
> >      ),
> >  
> > +    DEFINE_RISCV_CPU(TYPE_RISCV_CPU_RVSERVER_REF, TYPE_RISCV_BARE_CPU,
> > +        .profile = &RVServerRef1_0,
> > +        .misa_mxl_max = MXL_RV64,
> > +        .cfg.max_satp_mode = VM_1_10_SV57,

To stick to our minimalist approach, we could default the number of
counters to six

 .cfg.pmu_mask = MAKE_64BIT_MASK(3, 6),

See RVA_060. The user can get more counters with pmu-mask/pmu-num.


> > +        .num_triggers = 11,

Outside the scope of this series, more debug-trigger work is needed for
complete SEE_020 support. In particular, QEMU still needs interrupt and
exception triggers and the required VMID/ASID filtering. The 11 slots
configured here provide the intended capacity, but do not by themselves
provide all the required trigger capabilities.

> > +    ),
> > +
> >  #if defined(CONFIG_TCG) && !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
> >      DEFINE_RISCV_CPU(TYPE_RISCV_CPU_BASE128, TYPE_RISCV_DYNAMIC_CPU,
> >          .cfg.max_satp_mode = VM_1_10_SV57,
> > -- 
> > 2.43.0
> > 
> >
>

Thanks,
drew

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