[PATCH] cpu_map: Introduce A64FX

[Liu Yiding]

Hi Jiri

On 8/31/22 20:30, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 09:22:16 +0000, Liu Yiding wrote:
>> Add A64FX as a supported cpu model.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Liu Yiding <liuyd.fnst at fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>   src/cpu_map/arm_A64FX.xml   | 6 ++++++
>>   src/cpu_map/arm_vendors.xml | 1 +
>>   src/cpu_map/index.xml       | 3 +++
>>   src/cpu_map/meson.build     | 1 +
>>   4 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 src/cpu_map/arm_A64FX.xml
> 
> CPU detection for ARM is a bit awkward and not very useful in practice.
> It will (in some cases) report the host CPU in host capabilities, but
> that's it. The CPU from host capabilities cannot really be used in
> general for specifying a guest CPU in domain XML and it would not even
> make a lot of sense as I believe the only really supported CPU for KVM
> is "host" (mode="host-passthrough" in domain XML).
> 

Thanks for your detailed explanation. :)

> I'm not saying the patch is wrong, I'm just trying to make sure you
> don't expect something more from implementing this patch.
> 

Yes, I just want to fix the err logging. We have a tp-libvirt case that 
always fails with this err logging...

As your explanations, It's ok for me to ignore this patch as it does a 
little effect. :)

Thanks again.

> Jirka
> 

-- 
Thanks,
Yiding