[RFC PATCH 1/8] ppc/spapr: add PReP boot partition detection
[email protected] Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:57:18 +0530
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From: Utkarsh Verma <[email protected] >
Add spapr_vof_partition.c which implements basic MBR and GPT partition
table scanning to locate the PReP boot partition during VOF enabled boot.
AI-used-for: code
Signed-off-by: Utkarsh Verma <[email protected] >
---
hw/ppc/meson.build | 5 +-
hw/ppc/spapr_vof_partition.c | 176 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h | 14 +++
3 files changed, 194 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 hw/ppc/spapr_vof_partition.c
create mode 100644 include/hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h
diff --git a/hw/ppc/meson.build b/hw/ppc/meson.build
index 37aa535db2..68a5d2622f 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/meson.build
+++ b/hw/ppc/meson.build
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ ppc_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_AMIGAONE', if_true: files('amigaone.c'))
ppc_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PEGASOS', if_true: files('pegasos.c'))
ppc_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VOF', if_true: files('vof.c'))
-ppc_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_VOF', 'CONFIG_PSERIES'], if_true: files('spapr_vof.c'))
+ppc_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_VOF', 'CONFIG_PSERIES'], if_true: files(
+ 'spapr_vof.c',
+ 'spapr_vof_partition.c',
+))
hw_arch += {'ppc': ppc_ss}
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_vof_partition.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_vof_partition.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ced2818998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_vof_partition.c
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU PowerPC sPAPR VOF Partition Table Support.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This implements partition table detection for VOF boot,
+ * supporting MBR and GPT partition tables with focus on PReP boot partition.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/bswap.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "system/block-backend-io.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h"
+
+#define SECTOR_SIZE 512
+#define MBR_PARTITION_ENTRY_SIZE 16
+#define MBR_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET 446
+#define MBR_NUM_PARTITIONS 4
+
+#define PARTITION_TYPE_PREP 0x41 /* PReP Boot partition */
+#define PARTITION_TYPE_GPT 0xEE
+
+#define GPT_SIGNATURE "EFI PART"
+#define GPT_SIGNATURE_SIZE 8
+
+/* PReP Boot: 9E1A2D38-C612-4316-AA26-8B49521E5A8B */
+static const uint8_t GUID_PREP_BOOT[16] = {
+ 0x38, 0x2D, 0x1A, 0x9E, 0x12, 0xC6, 0x16, 0x43,
+ 0xAA, 0x26, 0x8B, 0x49, 0x52, 0x1E, 0x5A, 0x8B
+};
+
+typedef struct MBRPartitionEntry {
+ uint8_t boot_flag;
+ uint8_t start_chs[3];
+ uint8_t type;
+ uint8_t end_chs[3];
+ uint32_t start_lba;
+ uint32_t num_sectors;
+} QEMU_PACKED MBRPartitionEntry;
+
+typedef struct GPTHeader {
+ char signature[8];
+ uint32_t revision;
+ uint32_t header_size;
+ uint32_t header_crc32;
+ uint32_t reserved;
+ uint64_t current_lba;
+ uint64_t backup_lba;
+ uint64_t first_usable_lba;
+ uint64_t last_usable_lba;
+ uint8_t disk_guid[16];
+ uint64_t partition_entries_lba;
+ uint32_t num_partition_entries;
+ uint32_t partition_entry_size;
+ uint32_t partition_array_crc32;
+} QEMU_PACKED GPTHeader;
+
+typedef struct GPTPartitionEntry {
+ uint8_t type_guid[16];
+ uint8_t partition_guid[16];
+ uint64_t first_lba;
+ uint64_t last_lba;
+ uint64_t attributes;
+ uint16_t name[36];
+} QEMU_PACKED GPTPartitionEntry;
+
+static bool find_prep_partition_gpt(BlockBackend *blk,
+ uint64_t *offset, uint64_t *size)
+{
+ uint8_t lba1[SECTOR_SIZE];
+ GPTHeader *header;
+ uint64_t entries_lba;
+ uint32_t num_entries;
+ uint32_t entry_size;
+ uint64_t current_entry_offset;
+ uint8_t *buf;
+ GPTPartitionEntry *current_entry;
+ uint32_t i;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = blk_pread(blk, SECTOR_SIZE, SECTOR_SIZE, lba1, 0);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ warn_report("GPT: failed to read LBA1 (ret=%d)", ret);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ header = (GPTHeader *)lba1;
+
+ if (memcmp(header->signature, GPT_SIGNATURE, GPT_SIGNATURE_SIZE) != 0) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ entries_lba = le64_to_cpu(header->partition_entries_lba);
+ num_entries = le32_to_cpu(header->num_partition_entries);
+ entry_size = le32_to_cpu(header->partition_entry_size);
+
+ if (num_entries > 128) {
+ num_entries = 128;
+ }
+
+ if (entry_size < 128) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ buf = g_malloc(entry_size);
+ for (i = 0; i < num_entries; i++) {
+ current_entry_offset = (entries_lba * SECTOR_SIZE) +
+ ((uint64_t)i * entry_size);
+
+ ret = blk_pread(blk, current_entry_offset, entry_size, buf, 0);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ warn_report("GPT: failed to read partition entry %u "
+ "(ret=%d)", i, ret);
+ g_free(buf);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ current_entry = (GPTPartitionEntry *)buf;
+ if (memcmp(current_entry->type_guid, GUID_PREP_BOOT,
+ sizeof(GUID_PREP_BOOT)) == 0) {
+ *offset = le64_to_cpu(current_entry->first_lba) * SECTOR_SIZE;
+ *size = (le64_to_cpu(current_entry->last_lba) -
+ le64_to_cpu(current_entry->first_lba) + 1) * SECTOR_SIZE;
+ g_free(buf);
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ g_free(buf);
+ return false;
+}
+
+static bool find_prep_partition_mbr(BlockBackend *blk,
+ uint64_t *offset, uint64_t *size)
+{
+ uint8_t mbr[SECTOR_SIZE];
+ MBRPartitionEntry *entry;
+ int ret;
+ int i;
+
+ ret = blk_pread(blk, 0, SECTOR_SIZE, mbr, 0);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ warn_report("MBR: failed to read MBR sector (ret=%d)", ret);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /* MBR boot signature: byte 510 = 0x55, byte 511 = 0xAA */
+ if (mbr[510] != 0x55 || mbr[511] != 0xAA) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < MBR_NUM_PARTITIONS; i++) {
+ entry = (MBRPartitionEntry *)&mbr[MBR_PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET +
+ i * MBR_PARTITION_ENTRY_SIZE];
+
+ if (entry->type == PARTITION_TYPE_GPT) {
+ return find_prep_partition_gpt(blk, offset, size);
+ }
+
+ if (entry->type == PARTITION_TYPE_PREP) {
+ *offset = (uint64_t)le32_to_cpu(entry->start_lba) * SECTOR_SIZE;
+ *size = (uint64_t)le32_to_cpu(entry->num_sectors) * SECTOR_SIZE;
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ return false;
+}
+
+bool spapr_vof_find_prep_partition(BlockBackend *blk,
+ uint64_t *offset, uint64_t *size)
+{
+ if (!blk) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ return find_prep_partition_mbr(blk, offset, size);
+}
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08787d2aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_vof.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU PowerPC sPAPR VOF Support
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+#ifndef HW_SPAPR_VOF_H
+#define HW_SPAPR_VOF_H
+
+typedef struct BlockBackend BlockBackend;
+
+bool spapr_vof_find_prep_partition(BlockBackend *blk,
+ uint64_t *offset, uint64_t *size);
+
+#endif /* HW_SPAPR_VOF_H */
--
2.54.0