From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49674) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmEJV-0007qG-Mu for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:18:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmEJS-0005G3-DO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:18:25 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:57046 helo=mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dmEJS-0005DR-5m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:18:22 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098414.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.21/8.16.0.21) with SMTP id v7S7FGwU141035 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:18:19 -0400 Received: from e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.107]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2cmcct58yb-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:18:19 -0400 Received: from localhost by e06smtp11.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:18:17 +0100 References: <20170824171355.29d1ec32.cohuck@redhat.com> <30333b41-508d-f9a3-ac2d-4830a7791475@redhat.com> <34f0f307-d16f-7c76-1589-fa06252f6d09@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <97b35c4d-e897-c18a-525f-1fa1a7560776@de.ibm.com> <20170825092008.12484e6a.cohuck@redhat.com> <20170825102950.736647be.cohuck@redhat.com> From: Christian Borntraeger Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 09:18:14 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170825102950.736647be.cohuck@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <2fdd5a70-6339-c4ec-c13c-d6f96d7abfc9@de.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] S390 bios breaks in qemu 2.10.rc3 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Cornelia Huck Cc: Farhan Ali , Peter Maydell , Thomas Huth , David Hildenbrand , Halil Pasic , QEMU Developers , "Collin L. Walling" On 08/25/2017 10:29 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:21:58 +0200 > Christian Borntraeger wrote: > >> On 08/25/2017 09:20 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > >>> OK, to recap: >>> >>> - the current pre-built bios seems fine >>> - rebuilding the bios may yield a version that fails on some systems >>> (different compiler?) >>> - adding aligned(8) looks like the right thing to do >>> - it seems to fix the problem, but on at least one system something >>> still seems off (under investigation) >> >> Yes. I am out of office today, so for any aligned(8) patch >> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger >> even for 2.10. > > I fear the 2.10 train has already left the station, but any aligned(8) > patch should be cc:stable. I think this could be a topic for QEMU summit. Our process of not allowing fixes in rcx without requiring an rc(x+1) seems a bit odd. The Linux kernel style (there are fixes between the last rc and release) seems more balanced as long as we establish some safety nets.