On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 12:06 PM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 25/9/23 19:17, Edgar E. Iglesias wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org > > <mailto:alex.ben...@linaro.org>> wrote: > > > > > > Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com > > <mailto:berra...@redhat.com>> writes: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:48:27PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > > >> This might be premature but while streamling the avocado tests I > > >> realised the only tests we have are "check-tcg" ones. The aging > > >> fedora-criss-cross image works well enough for developers but > > can't be > > >> used in CI as we need supported build platforms to build QEMU. > > >> > > >> Does this mean the writing is on the wall for this architecture? > > >> > > >> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org > > <mailto:alex.ben...@linaro.org>> > > >> Cc: Rabin Vincent <rab...@axis.com <mailto:rab...@axis.com>> > > >> Cc: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.igles...@xilinx.com > > <mailto:edgar.igles...@xilinx.com>> > > >> --- > > >> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ > > >> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > >> > > >> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > >> index dc4da95329..7cfe313aa6 100644 > > >> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > >> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > >> @@ -399,6 +399,17 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text > > on the command line using the > > >> used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance > > that provides > > >> a password via a file, or encrypted. > > >> > > >> +TCG CPUs > > >> +-------- > > >> + > > >> +CRIS CPU architecture (since 8.1) > > >> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > >> + > > >> +The CRIS architecture was pulled from Linux in 4.17 and the > > compiler > > >> +is no longer packaged in any distro making it harder to run the > > >> +``check-tcg`` tests. Unless we can improve the testing > > situation there > > >> +is a chance the code will bitrot without anyone noticing. > > > > > > Deprecated is generally a warning that we intend to delete the > > > feature. If we're just going to relegate it to untested > > > status (what I'd call "tier 3" quality), then we should document > > > that elsewhere. I don't mind which way we go. > > > > We do have reasonably good coverage with tests/tcg/cris but of course > > without a compiler we can't build them. > > > > Both nios2 and microblaze have build-toolchain scripts which can be > used > > to re-create containers. However my preference is having pre-built > > toolchains hosted by others like we do for loongarch, hexagon, xtensa > > and tricore. Then the docker image can simply curl them into an > image. > > > > > > Yeah, I guess it's time to deprecate it... > > Is that an informal Acked-by? (: > > OK with me! Acked-by: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.igles...@gmail.com>
