From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:47527 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20031100AbYANQ7n (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:43 +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 m0EGw0kH009655; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:58:25 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m0EGvxG1009654; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:57:59 GMT Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:57:59 +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: <20080114165759.GA2894@linux-mips.org> References: <20080114.212253.126142719.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> <20080114133701.GA16555@linux-mips.org> <478B6AA3.2070402@gmail.com> <20080114141424.GB22344@linux-mips.org> <478B9120.1020500@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <478B9120.1020500@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: 18033 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 07:43:12PM +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. > > Well, I could do the proper cleanup, if you give your sayso. As I wrote here > yesterday, I noticed that Malta code was screaming for being put into proper > shape. If MIPS maintainers are interested in applying such janitorial patches, > I could simultaneously wipe the Atlas support off. > > So? Of course janitorial patches will be considered. The Malta code used to scream even way louder. I made an opportunistic attempt at fixing the one or other corner over time, whenever something was getting in my way for some reason. Ralf