Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-1.0-rc1 delayed (need fix for PPC32 build)

[Artyom Tarasenko]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was hoping we'd have a solution by now but it looks like we don't.  I'm
> going to delay the qemu-1.0-rc1 release until tomorrow.

[nitpicking] qemu-1.1-rc1 ?

> I'd like to propose
> a couple paths forward.  Here's my understanding of the situation:
>
> 1) TCG changes were made for the Sparc/Alpha targets that use AREG0
>
> 2) AREG0 never worked properly on ppc32 hosts
>
> 3) Until recently, this caused a runtime failure of the Sparc/Alpha targets
> on ppc32.  However, malc recently changed this to a build time failure.
>
> I don't feel comfortable shipping a release candidate with a known failing
> build.  Here are the options:
>
> a) Revert malc's change.  I don't think this is much better than shipping a
> broken build.
>
> b) Disable sparc/alpha targets in default_target_list on ppc32 hosts.  I
> think is probably the best short term approach.
>
> c) Wait for Andreas' patches (I believe Alex detected a problem in the
> current version).
>
> Unless anyone strongly objects, I'm going to implement (b) tomorrow morning
> so we can keep the -rc cycle moving.  I would hope that we'll have something
> worked out for (c) by -rc2.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony Liguori
>
>



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Regards,
Artyom Tarasenko

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