Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 07:43:12PM +0300, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote: > >>>>> I was actually planning to remove the Qemu platform for 2.6.25. The >>>>> Malta emulation has become so good that there is no more point in having >>>>> the underfeatured synthetic platform that CONFIG_QEMU is. >>>> I wholeheartedly agree with that. It is a godsend to me that I can use >>>> identical configs to build the kernels for QEMU and for a physical Malta. >>>> Emulation is more convenient to me because QEMU boots and runs faster >>>> than the board I'm working with. Many thanks for that to QEMU developers. >>>> >>>> Off the topic, how about the plans to remove Atlas support? >>> Maciej is promising to fix it up since a few years ;-) Aside of that it's >>> safe to say the Atlas is dead like a coffin nail. >> Well, I could do the proper cleanup, if you give your sayso. As I wrote here >> yesterday, I noticed that Malta code was screaming for being put into proper >> shape. If MIPS maintainers are interested in applying such janitorial patches, >> I could simultaneously wipe the Atlas support off. >> >> So? > > Of course janitorial patches will be considered. I'm rolling up the sleeves. > > The Malta code used to scream even way louder. I made an opportunistic > attempt at fixing the one or other corner over time, whenever something > was getting in my way for some reason. I see. Actually, I am teaching system programming at the premises of the Moscow State University and I am now working on a lab assignment where a Malta board will be involved. In the classes, I insist that my students follow the coding style rules to the letter, that's why I really want the Malta code to be worthy of imitation. :) > > Ralf >
