| Message ID | 20200825172719.19422-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Deprecate Unicore32 port | expand |
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:27:19PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > Deprecate our Unicore32 target support: > * the Linux kernel dropped support for unicore32 in commit > 05119217a9bd199c for its 5.9 release (with rationale in the > cover letter: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/3/232 ) > * there is apparently no upstream toolchain that can create unicore32 > binaries > * the maintainer doesn't seem to have made any contributions to > QEMU since the port first landed in 2012 > * nobody else seems to have made changes to the unicore code except > for generic cleanups either > > Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> > --- > We last considered this back in 2018, but in the end both QEMU > and the kernel gave the port a stay of execution; the maintenance > situation doesn't seem to have improved, and now the kernel has > dropped support and especially given the lack of a toolchain > I think it's time to start the deprecation process here. > --- > docs/system/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Regards, Daniel
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index 851dbdeb8ab..4c52098c707 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -416,6 +416,14 @@ The above, converted to the current supported format:: linux-user mode CPUs -------------------- +``unicore32`` CPUs (since 5.2.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``unicore32`` guest CPU support is deprecated and will be removed in +a future version of QEMU. Support for this CPU was removed from the +upstream Linux kernel, and there is no available upstream toolchain +to build binaries for it. + ``tilegx`` CPUs (since 5.1.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Deprecate our Unicore32 target support: * the Linux kernel dropped support for unicore32 in commit 05119217a9bd199c for its 5.9 release (with rationale in the cover letter: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/3/232 ) * there is apparently no upstream toolchain that can create unicore32 binaries * the maintainer doesn't seem to have made any contributions to QEMU since the port first landed in 2012 * nobody else seems to have made changes to the unicore code except for generic cleanups either Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> --- We last considered this back in 2018, but in the end both QEMU and the kernel gave the port a stay of execution; the maintenance situation doesn't seem to have improved, and now the kernel has dropped support and especially given the lack of a toolchain I think it's time to start the deprecation process here. --- docs/system/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)