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[80.187.83.97]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r14-20020a0560001b8e00b0021d80f53324sm647792wru.7.2022.08.26.13.39.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:39:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 22:39:21 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 Content-Language: en-US To: =?UTF-8?Q?Alex_Benn=c3=a9e?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: fam@euphon.net, berrange@redhat.com, f4bug@amsat.org, aurelien@aurel32.net, pbonzini@redhat.com, stefanha@redhat.com, crosa@redhat.com, Wainer dos Santos Moschetta , Beraldo Leal , "reviewer:Incompatible changes" , Jiaxun Yang References: <20220826172128.353798-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> <20220826172128.353798-16-alex.bennee@linaro.org> From: Thomas Huth Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 15/25] Deprecate 32 bit big-endian MIPS In-Reply-To: <20220826172128.353798-16-alex.bennee@linaro.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=thuth@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On 26/08/2022 19.21, Alex Bennée wrote: > It's becoming harder to maintain a cross-compiler to test this host > architecture as the old stable Debian 10 ("Buster") moved into LTS > which supports fewer architectures. For now: > > - mark it's deprecation in the docs > - downgrade the containers to build TCG tests only > - drop the cross builds from our CI > > Users with an appropriate toolchain and user-space can still take > their chances building it. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée > --- > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 2 +- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 ++++++ > .gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml | 1 - > .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml | 14 ------- > tests/docker/Makefile.include | 5 +-- > .../dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker | 40 +++++-------------- > 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > index 26028756d0..1ca9144a7d 100644 > --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Those hosts are officially supported, with various accelerators: > - Accelerators > * - Arm > - kvm (64 bit only), tcg, xen > - * - MIPS > + * - MIPS (LE only) I'd replace "LE" with "little endian" - not everybody might know that abbreviation. > - kvm, tcg > * - PPC > - kvm, tcg > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index 91b03115ee..22c2f4f4de 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM support (since 6.0) > The MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM host and guest support has been removed > from Linux upstream kernel, declare it deprecated. > > +Host Architectures > +------------------ > + > +BE MIPS (since 7.2) > +''''''''''''''''''' > + > +A Debian 10 ("Buster") moved into LTS the big endian 32 bit version of s/A Debian/As Debian/ > +MIPS moved out of support making it hard to maintain our > +cross-compilation CI tests of the architecture. As we no longer have > +CI coverage support may bitrot away before the deprecation process > +completes. The little endian variants of MIPS (both 32 and 64 bit) are > +still a supported host architecture. > + > QEMU API (QAPI) events > ---------------------- ... > diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker > index 26c154014d..75943619df 100644 > --- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker > +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker > @@ -1,32 +1,14 @@ > # > -# Docker mips cross-compiler target > +# Docker cross-compiler target Why did you remove the "mips" here? Thomas