| Message ID | 20231117070250.32932-1-philmd@linaro.org |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [PATCH-for-8.2] target/nios2: Deprecate the Nios II architecture | expand |
On 17/11/2023 08.02, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > See commit 9ba1caf510 ("MAINTAINERS: Mark the Nios II CPU as orphan"), > last contribution from Chris was in 2012 [1] and Marek in 2018 [2]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1352607539-10455-2-git-send-email-crwulff@gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/805fc7b5-03f0-56d4-abfd-ed010d4fa769@denx.de/ > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ > hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c | 1 + > hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+) Being orphan for so long in QEMU, I guess it makes sense to mark it as deprecated here now. We can still reconsider if a new maintainer shows up... Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
On 11/17/23 01:46, Thomas Huth wrote: > > Being orphan for so long in QEMU, I guess it makes sense to mark it as > deprecated here now. We can still reconsider if a new maintainer shows up... > > Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> > I agree, but I'd be surprised if anybody steps forward, since Intel has pretty much dropped all support for the nios2 architecture now (their current FPGA products based on risc-v). At this point it looks very much like the upcoming GCC 14 release will be the last that includes support for this target. -Sandra
On 11/16/23 23:02, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > See commit 9ba1caf510 ("MAINTAINERS: Mark the Nios II CPU as orphan"), > last contribution from Chris was in 2012 [1] and Marek in 2018 [2]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1352607539-10455-2-git-send-email-crwulff@gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/805fc7b5-03f0-56d4-abfd-ed010d4fa769@denx.de/ > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ > hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c | 1 + > hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> r~
On 11/17/23 08:02, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > See commit 9ba1caf510 ("MAINTAINERS: Mark the Nios II CPU as orphan"), > last contribution from Chris was in 2012 [1] and Marek in 2018 [2]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1352607539-10455-2-git-send-email-crwulff@gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/805fc7b5-03f0-56d4-abfd-ed010d4fa769@denx.de/ > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> Yes please, go for it, from my side: Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> writes: > See commit 9ba1caf510 ("MAINTAINERS: Mark the Nios II CPU as orphan"), > last contribution from Chris was in 2012 [1] and Marek in 2018 [2]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1352607539-10455-2-git-send-email-crwulff@gmail.com/ > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/805fc7b5-03f0-56d4-abfd-ed010d4fa769@denx.de/ > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> Queued to for-8.2/random-fixes, thanks.
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 78550c07bf..f7aa556294 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -236,6 +236,16 @@ it. Since all recent x86 hardware from the past >10 years is capable of the 64-bit x86 extensions, a corresponding 64-bit OS should be used instead. +System emulator CPUs +-------------------- + +Nios II CPU (since 8.2) +''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The Nios II architecture is orphan. The ``nios2`` guest CPU support is +deprecated and will be removed in a future version of QEMU. + + System emulator machines ------------------------ @@ -254,6 +264,11 @@ These old machine types are quite neglected nowadays and thus might have various pitfalls with regards to live migration. Use a newer machine type instead. +Nios II ``10m50-ghrd`` and ``nios2-generic-nommu`` machines (since 8.2) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The Nios II architecture is orphan. + Backend options --------------- diff --git a/hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c b/hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c index 952a0dc33e..6cb32f777b 100644 --- a/hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c +++ b/hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c @@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static void nios2_10m50_ghrd_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data) mc->desc = "Altera 10M50 GHRD Nios II design"; mc->init = nios2_10m50_ghrd_init; mc->is_default = true; + mc->deprecation_reason = "Nios II architecture is deprecated"; object_class_property_add_bool(oc, "vic", get_vic, set_vic); object_class_property_set_description(oc, "vic", diff --git a/hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c b/hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c index 48edb3ae37..defa16953f 100644 --- a/hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c +++ b/hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static void nios2_generic_nommu_machine_init(struct MachineClass *mc) { mc->desc = "Generic NOMMU Nios II design"; mc->init = nios2_generic_nommu_init; + mc->deprecation_reason = "Nios II architecture is deprecated"; } DEFINE_MACHINE("nios2-generic-nommu", nios2_generic_nommu_machine_init);
See commit 9ba1caf510 ("MAINTAINERS: Mark the Nios II CPU as orphan"), last contribution from Chris was in 2012 [1] and Marek in 2018 [2]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1352607539-10455-2-git-send-email-crwulff@gmail.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/805fc7b5-03f0-56d4-abfd-ed010d4fa769@denx.de/ Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org> --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ hw/nios2/10m50_devboard.c | 1 + hw/nios2/generic_nommu.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)