From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36034C0218B for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1taEln-00045L-0G; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:58:19 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1taEll-000456-Vb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:58:17 -0500 Received: from fanzine.igalia.com ([178.60.130.6] helo=fanzine2.igalia.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1taElj-0007Oi-UP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:58:17 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=igalia.com; s=20170329; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: Date:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=N2H1/CEjYoPvf7ecB/MdIdbvoOxXgD54Fas+gcdO22U=; b=ffjRUcC+GsARW6STKNcWgV5cXV xT/XrCBroPBTN2p1sjtOAPzn9Hs37tr5WNVc8To97RDJTnnTpiqL+rRBqyeuVDQInTNTtP+y+QW91 nj0KoEBCIzYoTKvzhWt15CUehCiNUwWaYFjQSg9tgL9tJ7fmlOa2S7m+QDgiEk1FDzJkaxCbxJhll yVfVQwuFiUEnevMy+G+of8AWIr6hECGxZwxbaCwmckQtCIQPPMQ9eI7eOLf8gZD7Gs4XbmUAAPhVU LgknLk0QoM+ZFJNtHPQFiosghuVSHiOzCJaYJLIh27gFl4jEtBm+JgnLb6DDY8PFNipcnj0wlQUmo MpLCfXhg==; Received: from maestria.local.igalia.com ([192.168.10.14] helo=mail.igalia.com) by fanzine2.igalia.com with esmtps (Cipher TLS1.3:ECDHE_SECP256R1__RSA_PSS_RSAE_SHA256__AES_256_GCM:256) (Exim) id 1taElW-0007HC-Ce; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:58:02 +0100 Received: from gate.service.igalia.com ([192.168.21.52]) by mail.igalia.com with esmtp (Exim) id 1taElU-000K4o-7a; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:58:02 +0100 Received: from berto by gate.service.igalia.com with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1taElU-0003BN-0E; Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:58:00 +0000 From: Alberto Garcia To: Philippe =?utf-8?Q?Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Cc: QEMU Developers , Thomas Huth , Markus Armbruster , =?utf-8?Q?Daniel_P=2E_Berrang?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9?= Subject: Re: hw/ipack: Is IndustryPack still useful to maintain? In-Reply-To: <3709ba37-fa92-467a-ba3c-85355762e0e9@linaro.org> References: <3709ba37-fa92-467a-ba3c-85355762e0e9@linaro.org> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:57:59 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.60.130.6; envelope-from=berto@igalia.com; helo=fanzine2.igalia.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon 20 Jan 2025 09:53:32 PM +01, Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 wrote: > Is it still worthwhile maintaining this code? If so, can we have real > world tests? I'm updating legacy APIs and these files use some; and I > wonder how many community effort it is worth to invest here. >From my side I think we can remove the IPack code (that would include the IP-Octal 232 emulation). Berto