Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 02/11] AARCH64: add a57core

[Andreas Färber]

Am 30.09.2013 17:53, schrieb Mian M. Hamayun:
> On 28/09/2013 02:16, Peter Maydell wrote:
>> On 28 September 2013 00:53, Andreas Färber <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Am 27.09.2013 12:10, schrieb Mian M. Hamayun:
>>>> From: John Rigby <address@hidden>
>>>>
>>>> Just an copy of a15 with a57 substituting a15 for now.
>>> I had previously gently nack'ed this patch - conversions are still
>>> queued on qom-next currently though. Having PMM's kernel load patches
>>> now, I'll try if I can still get this posted today.
>> It's also already had a strong nak from me because it's not
>> really an A57 model. We should be using 'cpu host'
>> until there's a public TRM for a real A57 model.
> 
> I agree with your concerns and feedback but as I remember from our last
> KVM/ARM telco, we agreed that I should not wait for the -cpu host support
> to become available and post the next patch series anyways.

In such a case please use "RFC" rather than "PATCH" to clarify that it
is known not yet ready for applying. :-)

Andreas

> Also there are multiple patches under review for providing the -cpu host
> or equivalent support in QEMU and/or KVM such as the one posted by Peter
> Maydell and another CPU=Host patch from Anup Patel. We will update our
> patch
> series, once we have consensus on which implementation to actually use for
> providing the -cpu host support.
> 
> -- 
> Hamayun

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