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        "From": "=?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= <philmd@linaro.org>",
        "To": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org",
        "Cc": "Anton Johansson <anjo@rev.ng>,\n Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,\n Daniel Henrique Barboza <dbarboza@ventanamicro.com>,\n Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>, =?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-?=\n\t=?utf-8?q?Daud=C3=A9?= <philmd@linaro.org>",
        "Subject": "[PATCH 0/4] system/memory: Allow restricting legacy 'native-endian'\n APIs",
        "Date": "Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:28:10 +0100",
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    "content": "Have all targets set the TARGET_USE_LEGACY_NATIVE_ENDIAN_API\ndefinition, then restrict our headers to only expose legacy\n\"native\" endian declarations when this definition exists.\nThis will allow us to gradually clean the repository,\neventually removing the legacy API.\n\n(The motivation is the single-binary project).\n\nPhilippe Mathieu-Daudé (4):\n  system/memory: Use explicit endianness in ram_device::read/write()\n  system/memory: Introduce LD/ST helpers with @m suffix (for MemOp)\n  configs/targets: Introduce TARGET_USE_LEGACY_NATIVE_ENDIAN_API\n  system/memory: Restrict legacy 'native-endian' APIs\n\n docs/devel/loads-stores.rst                  | 10 +--\n configs/targets/aarch64-softmmu.mak          |  1 +\n configs/targets/alpha-softmmu.mak            |  1 +\n configs/targets/arm-softmmu.mak              |  1 +\n configs/targets/avr-softmmu.mak              |  1 +\n configs/targets/hppa-softmmu.mak             |  1 +\n configs/targets/i386-softmmu.mak             |  1 +\n configs/targets/loongarch64-softmmu.mak      |  1 +\n configs/targets/m68k-softmmu.mak             |  1 +\n configs/targets/microblaze-softmmu.mak       |  1 +\n configs/targets/microblazeel-softmmu.mak     |  1 +\n configs/targets/mips-softmmu.mak             |  1 +\n configs/targets/mips64-softmmu.mak           |  1 +\n configs/targets/mips64el-softmmu.mak         |  1 +\n configs/targets/mipsel-softmmu.mak           |  1 +\n configs/targets/or1k-softmmu.mak             |  1 +\n configs/targets/ppc-softmmu.mak              |  1 +\n configs/targets/ppc64-softmmu.mak            |  1 +\n configs/targets/riscv32-softmmu.mak          |  1 +\n configs/targets/riscv64-softmmu.mak          |  1 +\n configs/targets/rx-softmmu.mak               |  1 +\n configs/targets/s390x-softmmu.mak            |  1 +\n configs/targets/sh4-softmmu.mak              |  1 +\n configs/targets/sh4eb-softmmu.mak            |  1 +\n configs/targets/sparc-softmmu.mak            |  1 +\n configs/targets/sparc64-softmmu.mak          |  1 +\n configs/targets/tricore-softmmu.mak          |  1 +\n configs/targets/x86_64-softmmu.mak           |  1 +\n configs/targets/xtensa-softmmu.mak           |  1 +\n configs/targets/xtensaeb-softmmu.mak         |  1 +\n include/accel/tcg/cpu-ldst.h                 |  2 +\n include/exec/translator.h                    |  2 +-\n include/qemu/bswap.h                         |  5 ++\n include/system/memory_cached.h               |  2 +\n system/memory-internal.h                     |  2 +\n include/exec/memory_ldst.h.inc               |  2 +\n include/exec/memory_ldst_cached.h.inc        | 30 +++++++++\n include/exec/memory_ldst_phys.h.inc          |  2 +\n include/system/memory_ldst_endian.h.inc      |  4 ++\n include/system/memory_ldst_phys_endian.h.inc | 10 +++\n system/memory.c                              | 68 ++++++++++++++------\n system/memory_ldst.c.inc                     |  2 +\n scripts/make-config-poison.sh                |  1 +\n 43 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)"
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