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auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=berrange@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Received-SPF: pass client-ip=63.128.21.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/25 06:38:59 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -30 X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.958, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=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: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Cc: Guan Xuetao , Guan Xuetao , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:27:19PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > Deprecate our Unicore32 target support: > * the Linux kernel dropped support for unicore32 in commit > 05119217a9bd199c for its 5.9 release (with rationale in the > cover letter: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/3/232 ) > * there is apparently no upstream toolchain that can create unicore32 > binaries > * the maintainer doesn't seem to have made any contributions to > QEMU since the port first landed in 2012 > * nobody else seems to have made changes to the unicore code except > for generic cleanups either > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell > --- > We last considered this back in 2018, but in the end both QEMU > and the kernel gave the port a stay of execution; the maintenance > situation doesn't seem to have improved, and now the kernel has > dropped support and especially given the lack of a toolchain > I think it's time to start the deprecation process here. > --- > docs/system/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. 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