From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:16:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:12462 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20030015AbYANOQH (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:16:07 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0EEEPmp031022; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:50 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m0EEEOPF031021; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:24 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:24 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Dmitri Vorobiev Cc: Atsushi Nemoto , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] prom_free_prom_memory for QEMU Message-ID: <20080114141424.GB22344@linux-mips.org> References: <20080114.212253.126142719.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> <20080114133701.GA16555@linux-mips.org> <478B6AA3.2070402@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <478B6AA3.2070402@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 18025 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 04:58:59PM +0300, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: > > I was actually planning to remove the Qemu platform for 2.6.25. The > > Malta emulation has become so good that there is no more point in having > > the underfeatured synthetic platform that CONFIG_QEMU is. > > I wholeheartedly agree with that. It is a godsend to me that I can use > identical configs to build the kernels for QEMU and for a physical Malta. > Emulation is more convenient to me because QEMU boots and runs faster > than the board I'm working with. Many thanks for that to QEMU developers. > > Off the topic, how about the plans to remove Atlas support? Maciej is promising to fix it up since a few years ;-) Aside of that it's safe to say the Atlas is dead like a coffin nail. The main problem with the Atlas is the SAA9730 SOC which is broken in an infinite number of totally pervert ways, I'm told. I know of no systems other than the Atlas using it. Ralf