Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 08/11] target/mips: Add a decodetree stub

[Richard Henderson]

On 11/12/18 11:04 AM, Aleksandar Markovic wrote:
> Hello, Richard.
> 
> I am a little taken aback by your tone. I hope we can communicate in much 
> friendlier maner, as we used to do.

I too was put off by your tone.  Beginning with "there is no plan" and
continuing with "there is no point" is a curt reply.  It is off-putting to
someone attempting to contribute, and I felt it was unwarranted.

> I am not preventing anyone from experimenting. I just want to warn Philippe 
> about high-level view that the code in question, although not the nicest, 
> works, and is planned to be maintained with minimal changes. The focus of 
> MIPS target is on adding new architectures and ASEs, and (I correct myself) 
> it could be that decodetree would kick in in such cases - but not for mature 
> code driving older architectures. It just doesn't make enough sense.

I think this is a mistake.  The legacy code is quite tangled.  It *should* have
an overhaul.  If someone is willing to do that work, fantastic.


r~