[{"id":3668993,"web_url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/comment/3668993/","msgid":"","list_archive_url":null,"date":"2026-03-25T11:11:43","subject":"Re: [RFC PATCH v7 0/7] vmapple: making it work on the latest macOS\n host releases","submitter":{"id":90980,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/90980/","name":"Akihiko Odaki","email":"odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp"},"content":"On 2026/03/25 5:48, Mohamed Mediouni wrote:\n> v7:\n> \n> Support for newer guest OSes.\n> \n> Added not mergable patch for private ISA enablement.\n> \n> Not grabbing a memory reference and still using flatview_for_each_range\n> for this one, which works fine as live migration is disallowed anyway.\n\nI prefer the other solutions suggested earlier. My preference order:\n- Use a listener or change flatview_for_each_range() to remove const.\n- Casting away const.\n- Avoid grabbing memory references (this version)\n\nRegards,\nAkihiko Odaki\n\n> \n> v6:\n> Rework the patches a bit, with making sure that there's no compiler warnings\n> \n> v5:\n> Address review comments and rebase.\n> \n> v4:\n> Rebase and resend without the RFC tag as I didn't get feedback.\n> Drop patch 1 (version I posted was incomplete anyways). Last patch isn't worth it too tbh.\n> \n> v2->v3:\n> Remove the Apple M4 support workaround part for now, to be part of another patchset perhaps\n> Address comments\n> \n> v1->v2:\n> Remove some lines that shouldn't have been present...\n> \n> Mohamed Mediouni (7):\n> vmapple: apple-gfx: make it work on the latest macOS release\n> hw/vmapple: aes: convert MAX_LEN to a #define\n> vmapple: declare it as an AArch64-compatible machine\n> Revert \"hw/arm: Do not build VMapple machine by default\"\n> vmapple: add gicv2m\n> vmapple, gicv2m: add macOS compat quirk\n> hvf: do not merge: enable private ISA\n> \n> accel/hvf/entitlements.plist | 2 +-\n> configs/devices/aarch64-softmmu/default.mak | 1 -\n> hw/display/apple-gfx-mmio.m | 59 ++++++++++++++++-----\n> hw/display/apple-gfx.h | 16 ++++++\n> hw/display/apple-gfx.m | 41 +++++++++++++-\n> hw/intc/arm_gicv2m.c | 5 ++\n> hw/vmapple/aes.c | 3 +-\n> hw/vmapple/vmapple.c | 27 ++++++++++\n> target/arm/hvf/hvf.c | 8 +++\n> 9 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)\n>","headers":{"Return-Path":"","X-Original-To":"incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org","Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":["legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=fail reason=\"key not found in DNS\" header.d=rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp\n header.i=@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=rs20250326\n header.b=pk8LNZ1d;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral","legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org\n (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists.gnu.org;\n envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org;\n receiver=patchwork.ozlabs.org)"],"Received":["from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17])\n\t(using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits))\n\t(No client certificate requested)\n\tby legolas.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fgkll1Zdwz1yG1\n\tfor ; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:12:51 +1100 (AEDT)","from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org)\n\tby lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1)\n\t(envelope-from )\n\tid 1w5M9l-0002UN-6e; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:12:13 -0400","from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10])\n by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)\n (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from )\n id 1w5M9g-0002RB-MJ; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:12:09 -0400","from www3579.sakura.ne.jp ([49.212.243.89])\n by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)\n (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from )\n id 1w5M9d-0003QR-1E; Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:12:08 -0400","from [133.11.54.205] (h205.csg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp [133.11.54.205])\n (authenticated bits=0)\n by www3579.sakura.ne.jp (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPSA id 62PBBipP089583\n (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO);\n Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:11:44 +0900 (JST)\n (envelope-from odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp)"],"DKIM-Signature":"a=rsa-sha256; bh=DwQZgWYO+lfkraRGuO+n63GxyjOYJesnFSUlCgbcPNs=;\n c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp;\n h=From:Message-ID:To:Subject:Date;\n s=rs20250326; t=1774437104; v=1;\n b=pk8LNZ1dhm2/xFTbs244gRnnnD5Z/FMv7neiAvKRx7yiBEYzG10q7yOioPO3ZW3n\n TgjtxMoG2hxwvvP6JFRfYl4mp1B7zIFpW6ZXfOWKDZLSYSSOU8BDzm3phdUNReuv\n Rwwwf2BcdcjwuLpt7KdndCz9zNAG44KMbG2CrcrOoxeIYnSgAvcB28IOpwotkCFD\n wOcPdqUc+rjxN/sTTcrBF1pXFp6WISJl21G8rsWKk/GeMGBo6qb4/yoBgGLOnLwP\n Y+xR2UNoMeDQEmk+PmeDvhEGr7b+9i43aj/D/GyJrLeScz51QQfGXTGk77TC1cVs\n AADUiLX5DGaDEzam3YJsHg==","Message-ID":"","Date":"Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:11:43 +0900","MIME-Version":"1.0","User-Agent":"Mozilla Thunderbird","Subject":"Re: [RFC PATCH v7 0/7] vmapple: making it work on the latest macOS\n host releases","To":"Mohamed Mediouni , qemu-devel@nongnu.org","Cc":"qemu-arm@nongnu.org, Peter Maydell ,\n\t=?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= ,\n Paolo Bonzini , Phil Dennis-Jordan ,\n Peter Xu , Mads Ynddal ,\n Roman Bolshakov , Alexander Graf ","References":"<20260324204855.29759-1-mohamed@unpredictable.fr>","Content-Language":"en-US","From":"Akihiko Odaki ","In-Reply-To":"<20260324204855.29759-1-mohamed@unpredictable.fr>","Content-Type":"text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed","Content-Transfer-Encoding":"7bit","Received-SPF":"pass client-ip=49.212.243.89;\n envelope-from=odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp; helo=www3579.sakura.ne.jp","X-Spam_score_int":"-16","X-Spam_score":"-1.7","X-Spam_bar":"-","X-Spam_report":"(-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1,\n DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001,\n RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001,\n SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no","X-Spam_action":"no action","X-BeenThere":"qemu-devel@nongnu.org","X-Mailman-Version":"2.1.29","Precedence":"list","List-Id":"qemu development ","List-Unsubscribe":",\n ","List-Archive":"","List-Post":"","List-Help":"","List-Subscribe":",\n ","Errors-To":"qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org","Sender":"qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org"}}]