Message ID | 20210920062306.2723797-1-f4bug@amsat.org |
---|---|
State | New |
Headers | show |
Series | tcg/tci: Remove its experimental status | expand |
Am 20.09.21 um 08:23 schrieb Philippe Mathieu-Daudé: > The following commits (released in v6.0.0) made raised the > quality of the TCI backend to the other TCG architectures, > thus is is not considerated experimental anymore: > - c6fbea47664..2f74f45e32b > - dc09f047edd..9e9acb7b348 > - b6139eb0578..2fc6f16ca5e > - dbcbda2cd84..5e8892db93f > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> > --- > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 4 ++-- > configure | 2 +- > meson.build | 4 ++-- > meson_options.txt | 2 +- > 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > index bcb15497213..2eff89e8cba 100644 > --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Those hosts are officially supported, with various accelerators: > > Other host architectures are not supported. It is possible to build QEMU on an > unsupported host architecture using the configure ``--enable-tcg-interpreter`` > -option to enable the experimental TCI support, but note that this is very slow > -and is not recommended. > +option to enable the TCI support, but note that this is very slow and is not > +recommended. Maybe "recommended for normal use." or a similar statement? Reviewed-by: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
On 9/19/21 11:23 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > Other host architectures are not supported. It is possible to build QEMU on an > unsupported host architecture using the configure ``--enable-tcg-interpreter`` > -option to enable the experimental TCI support, but note that this is very slow > -and is not recommended. > +option to enable the TCI support, but note that this is very slow and is not > +recommended. This could be possible for sysemu, I suppose, but not for user-only. We require host-specific support for signal handling, at minimum. r~
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index bcb15497213..2eff89e8cba 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Those hosts are officially supported, with various accelerators: Other host architectures are not supported. It is possible to build QEMU on an unsupported host architecture using the configure ``--enable-tcg-interpreter`` -option to enable the experimental TCI support, but note that this is very slow -and is not recommended. +option to enable the TCI support, but note that this is very slow and is not +recommended. Non-supported architectures may be removed in the future following the :ref:`deprecation process<Deprecated features>`. diff --git a/configure b/configure index 1043ccce4f9..26c0d0128c0 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only): --with-trace-file=NAME Full PATH,NAME of file to store traces Default:trace-<pid> --disable-slirp disable SLIRP userspace network connectivity - --enable-tcg-interpreter enable TCI (TCG with bytecode interpreter, experimental and slow) + --enable-tcg-interpreter enable TCI (TCG with bytecode interpreter, slow) --enable-malloc-trim enable libc malloc_trim() for memory optimization --oss-lib path to OSS library --cpu=CPU Build for host CPU [$cpu] diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index 2711cbb789c..8b52675d7e8 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ if not get_option('tcg').disabled() if cpu not in supported_cpus if get_option('tcg_interpreter') - warning('Unsupported CPU @0@, will use TCG with TCI (experimental and slow)'.format(cpu)) + warning('Unsupported CPU @0@, will use TCG with TCI (slow)'.format(cpu)) else error('Unsupported CPU @0@, try --enable-tcg-interpreter'.format(cpu)) endif @@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ summary_info += {'TCG support': config_all.has_key('CONFIG_TCG')} if config_all.has_key('CONFIG_TCG') if get_option('tcg_interpreter') - summary_info += {'TCG backend': 'TCI (TCG with bytecode interpreter, experimental and slow)'} + summary_info += {'TCG backend': 'TCI (TCG with bytecode interpreter, slow)'} else summary_info += {'TCG backend': 'native (@0@)'.format(cpu)} endif diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt index a9a9b8f4c6a..3a77a93ad7f 100644 --- a/meson_options.txt +++ b/meson_options.txt @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ option('xen_pci_passthrough', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', option('tcg', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'TCG support') option('tcg_interpreter', type: 'boolean', value: false, - description: 'TCG with bytecode interpreter (experimental and slow)') + description: 'TCG with bytecode interpreter (slow)') option('cfi', type: 'boolean', value: 'false', description: 'Control-Flow Integrity (CFI)') option('cfi_debug', type: 'boolean', value: 'false',
The following commits (released in v6.0.0) made raised the quality of the TCI backend to the other TCG architectures, thus is is not considerated experimental anymore: - c6fbea47664..2f74f45e32b - dc09f047edd..9e9acb7b348 - b6139eb0578..2fc6f16ca5e - dbcbda2cd84..5e8892db93f Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> --- docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 4 ++-- configure | 2 +- meson.build | 4 ++-- meson_options.txt | 2 +- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)