PowerNV is the platform using the OPAL [1] firmware on OpenPOWER
systems. OPAL first loads a kernel and an initramfs image based on
buildroot including a second boot loader petitboot [2]. The latter
does device discovery and kexecs a new Linux image from disk or
network.
QEMU implements PowerNV machines [3] for the POWER8, POWER9 and
Power10 processors which are used for dev and tests. POWER8 images
being compatible with POWER9 and Power10, simply add a single
qemu_ppc64le_powernv8 board for all.
The QEMU script boots directly from a nvme disk because it is simple
enough but a real system would boot from a ramfs first.
[1] https://github.com/open-power/skiboot/blob/master/doc/overview.rst
[2] https://github.com/open-power/petitboot/
[3] https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/system/ppc/powernv.html
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
