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? It was deleted in Linux, and GCC dropped the cris-*linux target, but GCC keeps other cris targets. IOW, at very least, it has become a niche use case target. We don't need Linux/GCC support as a pre-requisite for having a target in QEMU, but it sure makes it increasingly challenging to test. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.iglesias@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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. > + > Backwards compatibility > ----------------------- > > -- > 2.39.2 > With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
