Re: [Qemu-devel] unreviewed commits (was: Re: Restore consistent formatting)

[malc <av1474@comtv.ru>]

On Sun, 6 May 2012, Blue Swirl wrote:

> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 10:17 AM, malc <av1474@comtv.ru> wrote:
> > On Sun, 6 May 2012, Blue Swirl wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM, malc <av1474@comtv.ru> wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 6 May 2012, Blue Swirl wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:03 AM, malc <av1474@comtv.ru> wrote:
> >> >> > On Sun, 6 May 2012, Blue Swirl wrote:
> >> >> >

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> >>
> >> The same approach worked fine on x86. I don't know all architectures
> >> and their ABIs, so I can't fix all back ends. You should be able to do
> >> this much better. Is fixing the register order that hard?
> >
> > Yet you commit broken code without consulting the person who does know
> > it, that's the gist of the matter.
> 
> It was not broken code. Did anyone report problems during these months
> until now? We need a bug fix, not violent disabling acts.

Yes, Alexander told me, that's how i became aware of the issue.

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> >> >> >> according to ABI and this shouldn't be much different to what was
> >> >> >> already in.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The code that was commited was
> >> >> > a. Pathetically inneficient everywhere
> >> >> > b. Wrong for SysV ABI
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, that's what I told back then. There are too many ABIs for various
> >> >> architectures, the maintainers should know these much better.
> >> >
> >> > Told whom?
> >>
> >> The list at least, there were plenty of people involved in the discussions.
> >
> > Myself excluded for whatever reason.
> 
> Are you not subscribed to the list?

And what do rethorical questions have to do with it? Next thing you will
demand that i thoroughly study every mail even when not CC-ed or
something?

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> >> >> >> I have sent out AREG0 patches for ARM and PPC, also I have x86 patches
> >> >> >> in preparation. When (if) these and maybe further conversions are
> >> >> >> committed for 1.2, PPC host support will be practically nonexistent.
> >> >> >> Is this what you want?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What i do not want is code that doesn't work. And i take non-existant
> >> >> > over wrong any day. I also would prefer to be notified when code which
> >> >> > i maintain is modified.
> >> >>
> >> >> But your approach is not OK in any sense, now we have a failed build.
> >> >> Before, we had code that could work in some cases and the other cases
> >> >> could be probably easily fixed.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Well, here's a "sense", code that _silently_ misbehaves is NOT "OK".
> >>
> >> Then fix the misbehaviour instead of this error approach, please.
> >>
> >
> > Please do read your e-mail, in particular messages from Andreas.
> 
> Which messages?

This one http://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg110283.html

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