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acpi: Add machine option to disable SPCR table
authorLi Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
Wed, 28 May 2025 10:53:35 +0000 (18:53 +0800)
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:16:40 +0000 (09:16 -0400)
commit54401d5abd13c7f2ff5d1cb65e73a067743230e3
treed937e78fa64635f4c3799ae602d3dbfa0592cc5a
parent5788929e05e18ed5f76dc8ade4210f022c9ba5a1
acpi: Add machine option to disable SPCR table

The ACPI SPCR (Serial Port Console Redirection) table allows firmware
to specify a preferred serial console device to the operating system.
On ARM64 systems, Linux by default respects this table: even if the
kernel command line does not include a hardware serial console (e.g.,
"console=ttyAMA0"), the kernel still register the serial device
referenced by SPCR as a printk console.

While this behavior is standard-compliant, it can lead to situations
where guest console behavior is influenced by platform firmware rather
than user-specified configuration. To make guest console behavior more
predictable and under user control, this patch introduces a machine
option to explicitly disable SPCR table exposure:

    -machine spcr=off

By default, the option is enabled (spcr=on), preserving existing
behavior. When disabled, QEMU will omit the SPCR table from the guest's
ACPI namespace, ensuring that only consoles explicitly declared in the
kernel command line are registered.

Signed-off-by: Li Chen <chenl311@chinatelecom.cn>
Reviewed-by: Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@ventanamicro.com>
Message-Id: <20250528105404.457729-2-me@linux.beauty>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c
hw/core/machine.c
hw/loongarch/virt-acpi-build.c
hw/riscv/virt-acpi-build.c
include/hw/boards.h
qemu-options.hx