Re: [PATCH 0/7] hw/arm/raspi4b: Add models with 4GB and 8GB of DRAM

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Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 at 12:57, BALATON Zoltan <balaton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Feb 2025, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> > - Deprecate the 'raspi4b' machine name, renaming it as
>> >  'raspi4b-1g' on 32-bit hosts, 'raspi4b-2g' otherwise.
>> > - Add the 'raspi4b-4g' and 'raspi4b-8g' machines, with
>> >  respectively 4GB and 8GB of DRAM.
>>
>> IMHO (meaning you can ignore it, just my opinion) if the only difference
>> is the memory size -machine raspi4b -memory 4g would be better user
>> experience than having a lot of different machines.
>
> Yes, I think I agree. We have a way for users to specify
> how much memory they want, and I think it makes more sense
> to use that than to have lots of different machine types.

I guess for the Pi we should validate the -memory supplied is on of the
supported grid of devices rather than an arbitrary value?

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro




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