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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Revert "nand: Don't inherit from Sysbus"
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Peter Maydell |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Revert "nand: Don't inherit from Sysbus" |
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Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:00:24 +0000 |
On 5 February 2014 12:24, Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
> As to why it's complicated for Peter to fix, here's what Peter wrote:
> "That series got very big on me with complications. I think near term
> we just proceed with the revert. Sorry for the delay." I have no
> reason to second-guess him.
>
> Promptly reverting patches that cause regressions when a fix isn't ready
> is standard operating procedure. We can delay a revert a reasonable
> amount of time to deliberate what to do, and perhaps find a fix. We did
> that, and then some: four weeks. We should revert, and try again.
> Neither harm nor shame in that.
I agree in general here, which is why I'm going to apply this patch.
While we're talking about regressions: Paolo, do we have a good
fix for the PPC boot regression yet or should we revert the patch which
caused that?
thanks
-- PMM