Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] hw/openrisc: Add the OpenRISC virtual machine

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

+ Arnd

On Sun, Jun 5, 2022 at 10:19 AM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2022 at 04:32:13PM +0900, Stafford Horne wrote:
> > Why can't m68k switch to little-endian in qemu and the kernel?  The m68k 
> > virt
> > platform is not that old, 1 year? Are there a lot of users that this would 
> > be a big
> > problem?
>
> I also share this perspective. AFAICT, m68k virt platform *just*
> shipped. Fix this stuff instead of creating more compatibility bloat for
> a platform with no new silicon. The risks of making life difficult for
> 15 minutes for all seven and a half users of that code that only now has
> become operational is vastly dwarfed by the good sense to just fix the
> mistake. Treat the endian thing as a *bug* rather than a sacred ABI.
> Bugs only become sacred if you let them sit for years and large numbers
> of people grow to rely on spacebar heating. Otherwise they're just bugs.
> This can be fixed.
>
> Jason