diff --git a/hw/ppc/vof.c b/hw/ppc/vof.c
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+/*
+ * QEMU PowerPC Virtual Open Firmware.
+ *
+ * This implements client interface from OpenFirmware
IEEE1275 on the QEMU
+ * side to leave only a very basic firmware in the VM.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qemu/timer.h"
+#include "qemu/range.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include "exec/ram_addr.h"
+#include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/vof.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/fdt.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "qom/qom-qobject.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+#include <libfdt.h>
+
+/*
+ * OF 1275 "nextprop" description suggests is it 32 bytes max but
+ * LoPAPR defines "ibm,query-interrupt-source-number" which
is 33 chars long.
+ */
+#define OF_PROPNAME_LEN_MAX 64
+
+#define VOF_MAX_PATH 256
+#define VOF_MAX_SETPROPLEN 2048
+#define VOF_MAX_METHODLEN 256
+#define VOF_MAX_FORTHCODE 256
+#define VOF_VTY_BUF_SIZE 256
+
+typedef struct {
+ uint64_t start;
+ uint64_t size;
+} OfClaimed;
+
+typedef struct {
+ char *path; /* the path used to open the instance */
+ uint32_t phandle;
+} OfInstance;
+
+#define VOF_MEM_READ(pa, buf, size) \
+ address_space_read_full(&address_space_memory, \
+ (pa), MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, (buf), (size))
+#define VOF_MEM_WRITE(pa, buf, size) \
+ address_space_write(&address_space_memory, \
+ (pa), MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED, (buf), (size))
+
+static int readstr(hwaddr pa, char *buf, int size)
+{
+ if (VOF_MEM_READ(pa, buf, size) != MEMTX_OK) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (strnlen(buf, size) == size) {
+ buf[size - 1] = '\0';
+ trace_vof_error_str_truncated(buf, size);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static bool cmpservice(const char *s, unsigned nargs, unsigned nret,
+ const char *s1, unsigned nargscheck,
unsigned nretcheck)
+{
+ if (strcmp(s, s1)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ if ((nargscheck && (nargs != nargscheck)) ||
+ (nretcheck && (nret != nretcheck))) {
+ trace_vof_error_param(s, nargscheck, nretcheck, nargs, nret);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+static void prop_format(char *tval, int tlen, const void *prop, int len)
+{
+ int i;
+ const unsigned char *c;
+ char *t;
+ const char bin[] = "...";
+
+ for (i = 0, c = prop; i < len; ++i, ++c) {
+ if (*c == '\0' && i == len - 1) {
+ strncpy(tval, prop, tlen - 1);
+ return;
+ }
+ if (*c < 0x20 || *c >= 0x80) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0, c = prop, t = tval; i < len; ++i, ++c) {
+ if (t >= tval + tlen - sizeof(bin) - 1 - 2 - 1) {
+ strcpy(t, bin);
+ return;
+ }
+ if (i && i % 4 == 0 && i != len - 1) {
+ strcat(t, " ");
+ ++t;
+ }
+ t += sprintf(t, "%02X", *c & 0xFF);
+ }
+}
+
+static int get_path(const void *fdt, int offset, char *buf, int len)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = fdt_get_path(fdt, offset, buf, len - 1);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+ return strlen(buf) + 1;
+}
+
+static int phandle_to_path(const void *fdt, uint32_t ph,
char *buf, int len)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = fdt_node_offset_by_phandle(fdt, ph);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return get_path(fdt, ret, buf, len);
+}
+
+static uint32_t vof_finddevice(const void *fdt, uint32_t nodeaddr)
+{
+ char fullnode[VOF_MAX_PATH];
+ uint32_t ret = -1;
+ int offset;
+
+ if (readstr(nodeaddr, fullnode, sizeof(fullnode))) {
+ return (uint32_t) ret;
+ }
+
+ offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, fullnode);
+ if (offset >= 0) {
+ ret = fdt_get_phandle(fdt, offset);
+ }
+ trace_vof_finddevice(fullnode, ret);
+ return (uint32_t) ret;
+}
