Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 00/17] OvmfPkg: Support booting from VMware PVSCSI controller

["Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 03/28/20 21:00, Liran Alon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This series adds driver support for VMware PVSCSI controller.
> 
> This controller is supported by VMware and QEMU. This work is part of
> the more general agenda of enhancing OVMF boot device support to have
> feature parity with SeaBIOS (Which supports booting from VMware PVSCSI).
> 
> I pushed a copy of these (v3) patches to https://github.com/nikital/edk2/tree/pvscsi6
> The v2 patches can be found at https://github.com/nikital/edk2/tree/pvscsi5
> The v1 patches can be found at https://github.com/nikital/edk2/tree/pvscsi4

Merged in commit range 6c1fb56802d5..f34c7645bd87, via
<https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/474>.

Thanks for the contribution!
Laszlo

> v2->v3:
> * Add function documentation to PvScsiWriteCmdDesc with “@param” to explain DescWords alignment requirement. [Laszlo]
> * Also set Packet’s HostAdapterStatus and TargetStatus when returning EFI_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE from PassThru() method. [Liran]
> * Add comments explaining why DMA communication buffer fields sizes are defined as they are. [Laszlo]
> * Remove unnecessary (UINT64) casts from EFI_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS expressions. [Laszlo]
> * Changed HandleResponse() to always copy SenseData based on Response->SenseLen. Not only if ScsiStatus equal to CHECK. [Liran]
> * Changed HandleResponse() to update Packet TransferLength only on underrun. [Liran]
> * Changed PassThru() to return EFI_STATUS_SUCCESS on device return overrun/underrun. [Laszlo & Liran]
> * Removed unnecessary PvScsiAllocatePages(), PvScsiFreePages(), PvScsiMapBuffer() and PvScsiUnmapBuffer() utility functions. [Laszlo]
> * Changed PvScsiInitRings() to align PVSCSI_CMD_DESC_SETUP_RINGS command to UINT32 before using it with EfiPciIoWidthFifoUint32. [Laszlo]
> * Removed PciIoOperation parameter from PvScsiAllocateSharedPages(). [Laszlo
> * Added STATIC_ASSERT() to verify PVSCSI_CMD_DESC_SETUP_RINGS is of size multiple of UINT32 words [Laszlo].
> * Added reset device before either freeing PVSCSI rings or DMA communication buffer. [Laszlo]
> * Removed unnecessary cast to (VOID **) in call to PvScsiFreeSharedPages() in PvScsiUninit(). [Laszlo]
> * Added #include <Library/BaseLib.h> and BaseLib to PvScsiDxe.inf because of RShiftU64() usage. [Laszlo]
> 
> v1->v2:
> * Removed Nikita’s Reviewed-By tags. [Laszlo]
> * Renamed PvScsi.inf to PvScsiDxe.inf and fixed references from all DSC files. [Laszlo]
> * Changed “!ifdef $(PVSCSI_ENABLE)” in DSC files to “!if $(PVSCSI_ENABLE) == TRUE”. [Laszlo]
> * Fix Identation in various places. [Laszlo]
> * Added “#include <Uefi/UefiSpec.h>” for EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE. [Laszlo]
> * Fix various typos. [Laszlo]
> * Made “STATIC” on same line of object delcerations. [Laszlo]
> * Added Laszlo’s Reviewed-by tags on some patches. [Laszlo]
> * Added missing spaces before “(“ on various function calls. [Laszlo]
> * Added PvScsi.h header file to INF [Sources] section. [Laszlo]
> * Changed [Protocols] section in INF file to be lexicographically sorted. [Laszlo]
> * Changed [PCDs] section in INF file to be lexigraphically sorted. [Laszlo]
> * Fixed function comments blocks to be “/** **/” instead of “//” style. [Laszlo]
> * Changed PvScsiGetTargetLun() to ZeroMem() all target bytes except first one. [Laszlo]
> * Replaced “IOSpace” with “MMIO-Space” in comments. [Laszlo]
> * Changed enums to match EDK2 coding convention. [Laszlo]
> * Use PCI_BAR_IDX0 instead of hard-coded 0. [Laszlo]
> * Use EFI_PAGES_TO_SIZE() instead of manually multiplying with EFI_PAGE_SIZE. [Laszlo]
> * Use RShiftU64() to shift UINT64 vars. [Laszlo]
> * Changed ReqNumEntries var to UINT32 and shift to use “1U <<” instead of “1 <<”. [Laszlo]
> * Changed condition on flag (In PvScsiWaitForRequestCompletion()) to be a boolean expression. [Laszlo]
> * Replaced “FakeHostAdapterError” label with a utility function. [Laszlo]
> * Added debug message to PvScsiExitBoot() to assist debugging. [Laszlo]
> * Fixed resource management to make each function either completely succeed or completely fail and free all resources. [Laszlo]
> * Changed PvScsiWriteCmdDesc() to use EfiPciIoWidthFifoUint32. [Laszlo]
> * Changed PvScsiWriteCmdDesc() prototype to make clear it descriptor must be an array of words. [Laszlo]
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