Per Daniel suggestion [*]:
isapc could arguably be restricted to just 32-bit CPU models,
because we should not need it to support any feature that didn't
exist prior to circa 1995. eg refuse to start with isapc, if 'lm'
is present in the CPU model for example.
Display a warning when such CPU is used:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -monitor stdio -S -M isapc -cpu Westmere
qemu-system-x86_64: warning: Use of 64-bit CPU 'Westmere' is deprecated on the
ISA-only PC machine
QEMU 8.2.91 monitor - type 'help' for more information
(qemu) q
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -monitor stdio -S -M isapc -cpu athlon
QEMU 8.2.91 monitor - type 'help' for more information
(qemu) q
[*]
https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/ZgQkS4RPmSt5Xa08@redhat.com/
Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd(a)linaro.org>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
include/hw/i386/pc.h | 1 +
hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 7b548519b5..345c35507f 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ is no longer packaged in any distro making it harder to run the
``check-tcg`` tests. Unless we can improve the testing situation there
is a chance the code will bitrot without anyone noticing.
+64-bit (x86_64) CPUs on the ``isapc`` machine (since 9.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``isapc`` machine aims to emulate old PC machine without PCI was
+generalized, so hardware available around 1995, before 64-bit intel
+CPUs were produced.
+
System emulator machines
------------------------
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index 27a68071d7..2d202b9549 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct PCMachineClass {
const char *default_south_bridge;
/* Compat options: */
+ bool deprecate_64bit_cpu; /* Specific to the 'isapc' machine */
/* Default CPU model version. See x86_cpu_set_default_version(). */
int default_cpu_version;
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 18ba076609..2e5b2efc33 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -182,7 +182,20 @@ static void pc_init1(MachineState *machine, const char *pci_type)
}
pc_machine_init_sgx_epc(pcms);
+
x86_cpus_init(x86ms, pcmc->default_cpu_version);
+ if (pcmc->deprecate_64bit_cpu) {
+ X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(first_cpu);
+
+ if (cpu->env.features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] & CPUID_EXT2_LM) {
+ const char *cpu_type = object_get_typename(OBJECT(first_cpu));
+ int cpu_len = strlen(cpu_type) - strlen(X86_CPU_TYPE_SUFFIX);
+
+ warn_report("Use of 64-bit CPU '%.*s' is deprecated"
+ " on the ISA-only PC machine",
+ cpu_len, cpu_type);
+ }
+ }
if (kvm_enabled()) {
kvmclock_create(pcmc->kvmclock_create_always);
@@ -918,6 +931,7 @@ static void isapc_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
pcmc->gigabyte_align = false;
pcmc->smbios_legacy_mode = true;
pcmc->has_reserved_memory = false;
+ pcmc->deprecate_64bit_cpu = true;
m->default_nic = "ne2k_isa";
m->default_cpu_type = X86_CPU_TYPE_NAME("486");
m->no_parallel = !module_object_class_by_name(TYPE_ISA_PARALLEL);
--
2.41.0