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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Deprecate the "collie" machine and
 Strongarm devices
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To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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Hi Guenter,

On 29/10/18 15:09, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 10/29/18 6:24 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> On 27 October 2018 at 12:04, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>> On 10/26/18 3:12 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>>> Hi Guenter; there's a proposal here to deprecate (and eventually
>>>> remove) the 'collie' board (strongarm) from QEMU. Is that one of
>>>> the ones you're currently using in your automated testing of Linux
>>>> kernels on QEMU?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. I can run the test with older versions of qemu, so it is ok for me
>>> if it is removed (as long as that removal is not backported).
>>
>> Mmm, but if we have an active user who's testing them then they
>> probably shouldn't be in the frontline of boards to remove.
>> Which other boards do you test with mainline QEMU?
>>
> 
> For arm:
> 
> akita
> ast2500-evb
> beagle
> beaglexm
> borzoi
> collie
> cubieboard
> imx25-pdk
> integratorcp
> kzm
> mainstone
> midway
> mps2-an385
> overo
> palmetto-bmc
> raspi2
> realview-eb
> realview-eb-mpcore
> realview-pb-a8
> realview-pbx-a9
> romulus-bmc
> sabrelite
> smdkc210
> spitz
> terrier
> tosa
> versatileab
> versatilepb
> vexpress-a15
> vexpress-a15-a7
> vexpress-a9
> witherspoon-bmc
> xilinx-zynq-a9
> z2
> 
> Though not all of them are supported by upstream qemu. For some of them 
> I carry local patches,
> for others I use out-of-tree versions of qemu (beagle/beaglexm).

Are these patches upstream-able?

If not, what do we need to get them into upstream qemu?

Thanks,

Phil.