Re: [PULL 00/55] MIPS patches for 2022-10-30

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 8/11/22 16:09, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 08/11/2022 15.23, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > On 8/11/22 14:59, Peter Maydell wrote:

> > > Was this the last use of C++ in the tree, or am I forgetting
> > > some other part that still needs the C++ compiler?
> > >
> > > If it is the last thing, we should put in the "Build Dependencies"
> > > part of the release notes that a C++ compiler is no longer required
> > > and mention that the configure options to specify it will go away in
> > > a future release.
> >
> > I guess the last use is from the Guest Agent on Windows...
> >
> > $ git ls-files | fgrep .cpp
> > qga/vss-win32/install.cpp
> > qga/vss-win32/provider.cpp
> > qga/vss-win32/requester.cpp
>
> Yes, I think the c++ configure options are still required for that 
> Windows stuff ... but IIRC Paolo once mentioned that we could simplify 
> the linker logic in configure or meson.build once the nanomips stuff has 
> been converted, since we now do not have to mix C and C++ linkage anymore?

Oh I guess I got it, we only need to link qga.exe as a standalone binary
unrelated to the qemu-system/user binaries, so we can simplify most of
the linkage?