Re: possible deprecation and removal of some old QEMU Arm machine types (pxa2xx, omap, sa1110)

[Tony Lindgren]

* Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi> [240214 01:27]:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 09:11:38PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > I think Tony still tests these on both hardware and qemu.
> > The platform side here is much more modern than any of the
> > others above since it does use DT and it has enough RAM
> > to be somewhat usable.
> 
> I have also these boards (real hardware) and test them frequently with
> mainline Linux. However, QEMU support I haven't used/needed. I recall it
> was a bit buggy, and some changes in mainline made the kernel unbootable.
> Unless Tony needs the support, I guess they are good to go.

I've only used real hardware to test omap1 for at least 10 years, and I
have currently no omap1 devices booting. Still hoping to add n770 and
osk back at some point though for basic boot testing.

I could see qemu being handy for automating boot testing for git bisect,
but as far as I'm concerned no objections to dropping old device support
for qemu.

IMO it's best to concentrate on where there is activity and users, and try
to make thing easier to maintain in the long run. Anything with users and
active development happening we should try to help and encourage :)

Regards,

Tony