Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/8] removal of tci (tcg interpreter)

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 06/29/2017 05:46 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:>> I figured out MAINTAINERS 
was unsync, so added patches 1-4, they are not really
> > tci-related.
>
> Since they are not related to TCI at all, please submit these as
> separate series.

Ok.

> > Patches 5,6 are trivial fixes to let the codebase quite sane if there is future
> > need to revert/reimport tci.
>
> I think this should go into 2.10...

Ok I will resend separately.

> > Patches 7,8 are the removal, marked RFC... let's debate!
>
> ... but NACK for a direct removal. Common sense is to make obsolete
> features as deprecated first and then wait for 2 public releases before
> the final removal, so that users still have a chance to speak up in case
> they still need the feature and are willing to maintain it.
>
> Please see the following URL for details (and please also add an entry
> for TCI in the Miscellaneous section there):
>
>    http://wiki.qemu.org/Features/LegacyRemoval

Ok I'll follow the procedure and see how to modify the ./configure (with 
Daniel comment), also update the wiki accordingly.

Regards,

Phil.