Message ID | 20220826172128.353798-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org |
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Headers | show |
Series | testing updates and mips deprecation | expand |
Reviewed-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:39 AM Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > (+Aleksandar/Huacai) > > On 26/8/22 19:21, Alex Bennée wrote: > > It's becoming harder to maintain a cross-compiler to test this host > > architecture as the old stable Debian 10 ("Buster") moved into LTS > > which supports fewer architectures. For now: > > > > - mark it's deprecation in the docs > > - downgrade the containers to build TCG tests only > > - drop the cross builds from our CI > > > > Users with an appropriate toolchain and user-space can still take > > their chances building it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > > --- > > docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 2 +- > > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 ++++++ > > .gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml | 1 - > > .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml | 14 ------- > > tests/docker/Makefile.include | 5 +-- > > .../dockerfiles/debian-mips-cross.docker | 40 +++++-------------- > > 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > > index 26028756d0..1ca9144a7d 100644 > > --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > > +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst > > @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Those hosts are officially supported, with various accelerators: > > - Accelerators > > * - Arm > > - kvm (64 bit only), tcg, xen > > - * - MIPS > > + * - MIPS (LE only) > > - kvm, tcg > > * - PPC > > - kvm, tcg > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > index 91b03115ee..22c2f4f4de 100644 > > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > > @@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM support (since 6.0) > > The MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM host and guest support has been removed > > from Linux upstream kernel, declare it deprecated. > > > > +Host Architectures > > +------------------ > > + > > +BE MIPS (since 7.2) > > +''''''''''''''''''' > > + > > +A Debian 10 ("Buster") moved into LTS the big endian 32 bit version of > > +MIPS moved out of support making it hard to maintain our > > +cross-compilation CI tests of the architecture. As we no longer have > > +CI coverage support may bitrot away before the deprecation process > > +completes. The little endian variants of MIPS (both 32 and 64 bit) are > > +still a supported host architecture. > > For completeness we should update meson.build to consider > host_machine.endian() and adapt this section: > > > if not supported_cpus.contains(cpu) > message() > warning('SUPPORT FOR THIS HOST CPU WILL GO AWAY IN FUTURE RELEASES!') > message() > message('CPU host architecture ' + cpu + ' support is not currently > maintained.') > ... > > This can be done later, and I might be able to do so in few weeks, > so meanwhile (with Thomas comment addressed): > Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>