QEMU Tooling ([VIRT-252]) =========================

[VIRT-280] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-280

QEMU plugin support ([VIRT-280])

- posted {PATCH v3 0/3} softmmu demacro Message-Id: 20190215143115.28777-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - awaiting v3 of plugin patches :todo

Upstream Work ([VIRT-109]) ==========================

- posted {PULL 00/18} testing updates: travis/cirrus/vm-test/binfmt Message-Id: 20190211130507.8710-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - posted {PATCH v2 0/6} HWCAP_CPUID registers for aarch64 Message-Id: 20190205190224.2198-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - fixes pulled into target-arm.next - test case held back due to compiler version needed, need to respin - posted {PATCH v2} hw/block: report when pflash backing file isn't aligned Message-Id: 20190215122808.22301-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - prompted further discussion on best solution as -pflash fails in ways -bios doesn't

[VIRT-109] https://projects.linaro.org/browse/VIRT-109

Other =====

- Spent time building cross-tools for Debian/ARM64 - sent {PATCH} binutils: enable s390x/ppc64el on arm64 hosts Message-Id: 20190212140851.22478-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org - Discussion on [Debian #921458] (buster apt source qemu) - upstream consensus seems to be it is acceptable - apt-get build-dep --arch-only qemu

[Debian #921458] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=921458

Completed Reviews [1/1] =======================

{RFC} arm: Allow system registers for KVM guests to be changed by QEMU code Message-Id: 20181206151401.13455-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org

- CLOSING NOTE [2019-02-13 Wed 16:30] Looks fine, although we still need to keep squashing single-step while debug is on

Absences ========

- 15-18th Feb (long w/e) - Connect BKK19 (1-5th April 2019) - holiday after Connect

Current Review Queue ====================

* {PATCH 0/4} target/arm: Reduce overhead of cpu_get_tb_cpu_state Message-Id: 20190214040652.4811-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org * {RFC v2 00/38} Plugin support Message-Id: 20181209193749.12277-1-cota@braap.org * {Qemu-devel} {PATCH v6 00/49} linux-user: Split do_syscall Message-Id: 20190118213122.22865-1-richard.henderson@linaro.org * {PATCH 0/5} target/mips: Add MSA ASE tests Message-Id: 1550001205-7883-1-git-send-email-aleksandar.markovic@rt-rk.com * {Qemu-arm} {PATCH 00/25} Kconfig dependencies for ARM machines Message-Id: 1549694366-1284-1-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com * {RFC QEMU v2 0/2} arm/virt: Account for guest pause time Message-Id: 1543352837-21529-1-git-send-email-bijan.mottahedeh@oracle.com -- Alex Bennée