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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified c
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers |
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Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:44:40 +0100 |
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Peter Maydell <address@hidden> writes:
> On 17 December 2012 14:05, Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
>> The writing has been on the wall for a few years.
>
> ...behind a filing cabinet in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door
> saying "beware of the leopard"?
>
> We really need a better way to mark devices as "obsolete, will be
> removed/broken/etc in a future version"...
Yes, we do.
These devices, however, are a slightly different case: "need
maintenance, will be removed unless they get it". I've asked for them
to be updated on several occasions, on the list[*], and in person at the
last three KVM Forums.
Having your board in the tree is a privilege, not a right. You earn the
privilege by doing your share of the work. In my opinion, that includes
moving them off obsolete infrastructure in a timely manner, at least
when keeping the obsolete infrastructure around just for you becomes a
drag. Which it definitely has been in case of IDE.
[*] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-07/msg00621.html
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, (continued)
- [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Alexander Graf, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Andreas Färber, 2012/12/17
- Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/18
Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] ide: Break all non-qdevified controllers, Peter Maydell, 2012/12/18
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 03/10] ide: Use IDEState member dev for "device connected" test, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 10/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState member wwn, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 07/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState member version, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 06/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState geometry members, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 09/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState member model, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 04/10] ide: Don't block-align IDEState member smart_selftest_data, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 08/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState member drive_serial_str, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
[Qemu-ppc] [PATCH 05/10] ide: Drop redundant IDEState member bs, Markus Armbruster, 2012/12/17
Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/10] Drop code for non-qdevified IDE, and clean up, Anthony Liguori, 2012/12/18