On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> wrote:
> > Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> writes: > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:48:27PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > >> This might be premature but while streamling the avocado tests I > >> realised the only tests we have are "check-tcg" ones. The aging > >> fedora-criss-cross image works well enough for developers but can't be > >> used in CI as we need supported build platforms to build QEMU. > >> > >> Does this mean the writing is on the wall for this architecture? > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> > >> Cc: Rabin Vincent <rab...@axis.com> > >> Cc: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.igles...@xilinx.com> > >> --- > >> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ > >> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > >> > >> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > >> index dc4da95329..7cfe313aa6 100644 > >> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > >> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > >> @@ -399,6 +399,17 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the > command line using the > >> used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that > provides > >> a password via a file, or encrypted. > >> > >> +TCG CPUs > >> +-------- > >> + > >> +CRIS CPU architecture (since 8.1) > >> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > >> + > >> +The CRIS architecture was pulled from Linux in 4.17 and the compiler > >> +is no longer packaged in any distro making it harder to run the > >> +``check-tcg`` tests. Unless we can improve the testing situation there > >> +is a chance the code will bitrot without anyone noticing. > > > > Deprecated is generally a warning that we intend to delete the > > feature. If we're just going to relegate it to untested > > status (what I'd call "tier 3" quality), then we should document > > that elsewhere. I don't mind which way we go. > > We do have reasonably good coverage with tests/tcg/cris but of course > without a compiler we can't build them. > > Both nios2 and microblaze have build-toolchain scripts which can be used > to re-create containers. However my preference is having pre-built > toolchains hosted by others like we do for loongarch, hexagon, xtensa > and tricore. Then the docker image can simply curl them into an image. > > Yeah, I guess it's time to deprecate it... Cheers, Edgar > -- > Alex Bennée > Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro > >
