@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ARM11MPCORE) += arm11mpcore.o
obj-$(CONFIG_REALVIEW) += realview_mpcore.o
obj-$(CONFIG_A9MPCORE) += a9mpcore.o
obj-$(CONFIG_A15MPCORE) += a15mpcore.o
+obj-y += core.o
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * CPU core abstract device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#include "hw/cpu/core.h"
+
+static const TypeInfo cpu_core_type_info = {
+ .name = TYPE_CPU_CORE,
+ .parent = TYPE_DEVICE,
+ .abstract = true,
+};
+
+static void cpu_core_register_types(void)
+{
+ type_register_static(&cpu_core_type_info);
+}
+
+type_init(cpu_core_register_types)
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * CPU core abstract device
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef HW_CPU_CORE_H
+#define HW_CPU_CORE_H
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/qdev.h"
+
+#define TYPE_CPU_CORE "cpu-core"
+
+#endif
Add an abstract CPU core type that could be used by machines that want to define and hotplug CPUs in core granularity. Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- hw/cpu/Makefile.objs | 1 + hw/cpu/core.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ include/hw/cpu/core.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hw/cpu/core.c create mode 100644 include/hw/cpu/core.h