Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] target-i386: print deprecated warning if xlevel < 0x80000000

[Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:39:07 +0100
Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de> wrote:

> Am 17.01.2013 16:16, schrieb Igor Mammedov:
> > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  target-i386/cpu.c |    2 ++
> >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
> > index 333745b..ce914da 100644
> > --- a/target-i386/cpu.c
> > +++ b/target-i386/cpu.c  
> > @@ -1399,6 +1399,8 @@ static int cpu_x86_parse_featurestr(x86_def_t
> > *x86_cpu_def, char *features) goto error;
> >                  }
> >                  if (numvalue < 0x800000  00) {
> > +                    fprintf(stderr, "xlevel value shall always be >=
> > 0x80000000"
> > +                            ", fixup will be deprecated in future
> > versions\n"); numvalue += 0x80000000;
> >                  }
> >                  x86_cpu_def->xlevel = numvalue;
> 
> This has been reviewed without objections so far, so I would apply it
> for 1.4. Either way you should document this intent for users already:
> http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/1.4
Would be something like this suitable:
xlevel argument for -cpu option, currently fix-ups it's value if it's less
than 0x80000000. Fix-up will be removed in QEMU 1.6 release and users are
expected to provide valid xlevel value or qemu will fail to start.

> 
> We had such discussions before, around removing cpudef support.
> 
> When do you plan to remove this, and being deprecated, shouldn't it
> rather read "fixup will be removed in future versions"? ;)
> If it fits within 80 chars I can edit it myself.
No need for it, I'll fix it and respin series.

> 
> Cheers,
> Andreas
> 

Thanks,
Igor