From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56282) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZMqD-0007sS-S5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:33:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZMq6-0008B4-DU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:33:25 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:50400 helo=mx2.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZMq6-0008Aq-3R for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:33:18 -0400 Message-ID: <542C2CCA.30806@suse.de> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:33:14 +0200 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <542C1F52.6070901@imgtec.com> In-Reply-To: <542C1F52.6070901@imgtec.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="I2B25BQTSIHR0abTW2kIxg5JAjTxQSWR9" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] pending target-mips patches List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Leon Alrae , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" Cc: Peter Maydell , Ian Oliver , aliguori@amazon.com, Aurelien Jarno This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --I2B25BQTSIHR0abTW2kIxg5JAjTxQSWR9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Leon, Am 01.10.2014 um 17:35 schrieb Leon Alrae: > I noticed that it's quite difficult to get target-mips changes > reviewed/accepted. There is already a queue of relatively big features > and bug fixes which are stuck for months. Does anyone have an idea how > to improve this situation? Wouldn't it help to have a target-mips > co-maintainer assisting Aurelien? In February I talked to one of your directors and suggested whether someone from Imagination could step up as co-maintainer to tackle this. I admit, we never followed up on that conversation so far... So, from my view what someone should do by now is this: * Set up one or more public Git branches for officially queuing target-mips/ and hw/mips/ patches. That helps track pending patches and facilitates testing. I assume you have some shared internal tree anyway, just split between what that maintainer considers good and what is still work-in-progress. * From time to time, send a PULL request that either Aur=E9lien or Peter can merge. Aur=E9lien used to commit patches himself traditionally, whereas I am suggesting to adopt the workflow used for ARM and Power. The underlying assumption is that such MIPS patches would not touch generic code without explicit ACKs, thereby not breaking x86 code. Also, as usual, the person needs to have been around qemu-devel a little and beware of what common style/functional issues to look out for and of what legacy machines/CPUs exist that might break when implementing new stuff - having test images to verify would be ideal. Regards, Andreas --=20 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imend=F6rffer; HRB 16746 AG N=FCrnbe= rg --I2B25BQTSIHR0abTW2kIxg5JAjTxQSWR9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJULCzKAAoJEPou0S0+fgE/ICkP/2qz+H9y7qFBG3cJrXblsZ87 OKm7thpd74ouzGu7ez1qmaTlk1WapURDOz93twUqjhh5WzHUpEa3G/lRyfY2nW3Z cZOa2trz2gIynMX7fWQ/PM4NWgLDQlRyypMiSvhpMG8XUP+/VJO+KpREozFPs/eg B/n5iofTBccVOzhoUrEqqgnpBF48ORieWXqWc8hxK5+EX4y2kcxcxfz//ou8JYqc Mry/MBwnH7M1dJ93LYVHNrPjo7HNCyBtgHslsC8RPMXKnt3R1UMOXKeE7H9SZ3bK 0mCLaVL4AA5vJnvASQ8+HlwtzZ/1+SS0pi8eM5HF1fjQNjd+bzueBRJQTKojRKRN TZvxoPAolEySuWhSS5NKLO2fh9G68991IKvkGIEoqmoyhlL2Kwq6qqhfP6YCu5lk JSkxfCtANCRq4iWoTbcWJu6llL4hvOmMcZPBE/GUUR/qO8sqvgAqnHrXxqQ5Ccb9 r6RE+p5AaGIPaxQXl7j4G8tXXZLbSwHiBZok96NRDrhmxrFM0dok2byskJgrNrml B8yuC4UvslhoMGC+ZuRl3CVEcezwesIH8ccfU1t0HAtci/w1dwuXEfkdFx64Dj4m fxc2o/Yy2Vv2wim18kAekTiQfVCUzEufYas7nWnFNOfkZuwzRl3JomrTIe6v79bH /FbJnKvDBrnBHQe9kDs2 =Qixw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --I2B25BQTSIHR0abTW2kIxg5JAjTxQSWR9--