Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Markus Armbruster
Paolo Bonzini writes: > On 20/09/2016 13:04, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> I'm not proposing to get rid of -serial. I'm proposing to use it as >> indicator of old code in need of modernization. A properly QOMified >> serial device should be "configurable with non-legacy

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Markus Armbruster
Andreas Färber writes: > Am 20.09.2016 um 10:08 schrieb Markus Armbruster: >> Peter Maydell writes: >> >>> If we're going to aim for deprecating and eventually removing >>> some of our unmaintained device and board models, it seems to >>> me that a

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Andreas Färber
Am 20.09.2016 um 10:08 schrieb Markus Armbruster: > Peter Maydell writes: > >> If we're going to aim for deprecating and eventually removing >> some of our unmaintained device and board models, it seems to >> me that a good first step would be to come up with a

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 20/09/2016 13:04, Markus Armbruster wrote: > I'm not proposing to get rid of -serial. I'm proposing to use it as > indicator of old code in need of modernization. A properly QOMified > serial device should be "configurable with non-legacy means". Devices > that aren't are probably not

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Markus Armbruster
Paolo Bonzini writes: > On 20/09/2016 10:08, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> Peter Maydell writes: >> >>> If we're going to aim for deprecating and eventually removing >>> some of our unmaintained device and board models, it seems to >>> me that a

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 20/09/2016 10:08, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Peter Maydell writes: > >> If we're going to aim for deprecating and eventually removing >> some of our unmaintained device and board models, it seems to >> me that a good first step would be to come up with a definition

Re: [Qemu-devel] steps towards deprecation of old boards and devices

2016-09-20 Thread Markus Armbruster
Peter Maydell writes: > If we're going to aim for deprecating and eventually removing > some of our unmaintained device and board models, it seems to > me that a good first step would be to come up with a definition > of what our baseline "needs to be at least this