On 25/9/23 19:17, Edgar E. Iglesias wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org
> <mailto:alex.bennee@linaro.org>> wrote:
>
>
> Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com
> <mailto:berrange@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.bennee@linaro.org
> <mailto:alex.bennee@linaro.org>>
> >> Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@axis.com <mailto:rabinv@axis.com>>
> >> Cc: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.iglesias@xilinx.com
> <mailto:edgar.iglesias@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!