Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] hw/gpio: add K230 GPIO controller model

On 2026-08-14 17:50:55+08:00, Bin Meng wrote:
> Hi Junze,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM Junze Cao <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On 2026-08-14 15:26:41+08:00, Bin Meng wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bin Meng,
> >
> > Thanks for the detailed review.
> > Regarding the suggestion to abstract this into a generic Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO model, I have a question: do you know of any other QEMU SoCs that use this IP and would benefit from a shared model?
> > If there is no immediate second user, I wonder whether it might be premature to generalize now, especially while we still need to complete the K230-specific behavior.
> 
> There is no other immediate second user as far as I know. But Synopsys
> DesignWare IP is not like others, and it's commonly seen on many SoCs.
> 
> For RISC-V, I can see Eswin EIC7700, Sophgo CV1800B (Milk-V Duo),
> Sophgo SG2042 / SG2044 and T-Head TH1520 (Lichee Pi 4A) all use the
> same Synopsys GPIO IP, and they are all good candidate of QEMU models
> in the future.
> 
> What K230-specific behavior are you concerned about?
> 
> Regards,
> Bin

Hi Bin,

Thank you for the clarification and for pointing out the other potential users of this IP.

After reconsidering the issue, I realize that my earlier concerns about K230-specific behavior were unfounded. 
I agree that abstracting this into a generic Synopsys DesignWare APB GPIO model would be a worthwhile approach, and I support moving forward in that direction.

Thank you again for your guidance.

Best regards,
Junze