Commit f9d05801eb for qemu.org
commit f9d05801eb4acd6402d73cb25d498a2419920cf9
Author: Shivang Upadhyay <shivangu@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Tue Jun 30 16:05:08 2026 +0530
ppc/pnv: add test to verify external DTB is honored
Test boots a powernv11 machine, using a custom dtb.
Custom dtb has the following bootargs.
chosen {
bootargs = "hello world";
};
Test Checks whether above bootargs make it to kernel's command line.
Reviewed-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shivang Upadhyay <shivangu@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260630103508.254000-3-shivangu@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
index 0ea6c93e42..b5b2f0d158 100755
--- a/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
+++ b/tests/functional/ppc64/test_powernv.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class PowernvMachine(LinuxKernelTest):
'buildroot/qemu_ppc64le_powernv8-2025.02/rootfs.ext2'),
'aee2192b692077c4bde31cb56ce474424b358f17cec323d5c94af3970c9aada2')
+ # testdtb for power11, which contains string "hello world" in command line
+ ASSET_SAMPLE_DTB = Asset(
+ ('https://github.com/roz3x/qemu/raw/refs/heads/sample-dtb/qemu-powernv11.dtb'),
+ 'ea1271516264eea1eb58a067a99d0c2ca9528be8dc7d4e46bb2d5ae0d42fc568')
+
def do_test_linux_boot(self, command_line = KERNEL_COMMON_COMMAND_LINE):
self.require_accelerator("tcg")
kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
@@ -104,6 +109,20 @@ def do_test_ppc64_powernv(self, proc):
# Device detection output driven by udev probing is sometimes cut off
# from console output, suspect S14silence-console init script.
+ def test_ppc64_powernv_external_dtb(self):
+ self.set_machine('powernv11')
+ self.require_accelerator("tcg")
+
+ kernel_path = self.ASSET_KERNEL.fetch()
+ sample_dtb_path = self.ASSET_SAMPLE_DTB.fetch()
+ self.vm.set_console()
+ self.vm.add_args('-kernel', kernel_path,
+ '-dtb', sample_dtb_path)
+ self.vm.launch()
+
+ # check if custom dtb is reflected or not
+ wait_for_console_pattern(self, "Kernel command line: hello world", self.panic_message)
+
def test_powernv8(self):
self.set_machine('powernv8')
self.do_test_ppc64_powernv('P8')