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ppc patch queue 2020-02093

This pull request supersedes ppc-for-5.0-20200131.  The only changes
are one extra patch to suppress some irritating warnings during tests
under TCG, and an extra Tested-by in one of the other patches.

Here's the next batch of patches for ppc and associated machine types.
Highlights includes:
 * Remove the deprecated "prep" machine type and its OpenHackware
   firmware
 * Add TCG emulation of the msgsndp etc. supervisor privileged
   doorbell instructions
 * Allow "pnv" machine type to run Hostboot style firmwares
 * Add a virtual TPM device for spapr machines
 * Implement devices for POWER8 PHB3 and POWER9 PHB4 host bridges for
   the pnv machine type
 * Use faster Spectre mitigation by default for POWER9 DD2.3 machines
 * Introduce Firmware Assisted NMI dump facility for spapr machines
 * Fix a performance regression with load/store multiple instructions
   in TCG

as well as some other assorted cleanups and fixes.