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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 19/19] tcg: enable MTTCG by default for ARM o


From: Alex Bennée
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 19/19] tcg: enable MTTCG by default for ARM on x86 hosts
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:13:04 +0000
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Richard Henderson <address@hidden> writes:

> On 11/09/2016 03:57 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> This enables the multi-threaded system emulation by default for ARMv7
>> and ARMv8 guests using the x86_64 TCG backend. This means:
>>
>>   - The x86_64 TCG backend supports cmpxchg based atomic ops
>>   - The x86_64 TCG backend emits barriers for barrier ops
>
> What tcg backend doesn't support what we need?  For a weakly ordered target,
> any of our hosts should work.

True, but this comes with certification that I've tested it. But you are
right adding this to configure is fugly. Should I just drop the backend
config symbol requirement totally?

--
Alex Bennée



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