Re: [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH 2/2] ARM: PL061: Misc cleaning fields for PL061 device state

[Michael Tokarev]

01.02.2016 21:01, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 1 February 2016 at 17:20, Wei Huang <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This patch removes float_high field of PL061State, which doesn't seem
>> to be used anywhere.
[]
>> @@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_pl061 = {
>>          VMSTATE_UINT32(slr, PL061State),
>>          VMSTATE_UINT32(den, PL061State),
>>          VMSTATE_UINT32(cr, PL061State),
>> -        VMSTATE_UINT32(float_high, PL061State),
>>          VMSTATE_UINT32_V(amsel, PL061State, 2),
>>          VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
> 
> This would be a migration compatibility break, so at a minimum
> you need to bump the vmstate struct versions.

Is it worth the effort to remove this field if it causes
compatibility break?  Maybe keep it around, it doesn't hurt?
At the very least, we may rename it to "unused_float_high",
or something, to indicate it is a known-unused?

Thanks,

/mjt