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authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2022-09-21 13:10:51 -0400
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2022-09-21 13:10:51 -0400
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Merge tag 'pull-testing-next-200922-2' of https://github.com/stsquad/qemu into staging
Testing and CI changes: - reduce number of targets for cross_user_build - update avocado xlnx_versal test with new binaries - add explicit timeouts to a number of avocado TCG tests - reduce default timeout to 120s - update lcitool to support cross-amd64 - flatten a number of docker cross containers - clean up stale qemu/debian10 dependencies - remove obsolete Fedora VM test - add configure workaround for meson --disable-pie bug - disable --static-pie for aarch64 gitlab runner - update aarch32/aarch64 jobs to 22.04 - deprecate 32 bit big-endian MIPS as a host - remove FROM qemu/ support from docker.py - remove Debian base images now everything is flat # -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- # # iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEZoWumedRZ7yvyN81+9DbCVqeKkQFAmMp8Q8ACgkQ+9DbCVqe # KkQmlwf/awT+jOmAW7TjlQnUTgHJ2hyOo7EViY/nmRkPOCT3ZG32pWFHBorHPX7s # BeqZzpzCvhzaIfObnjIssx13C5QId5XjJGuTgMAnSsGhzTrp7VUJc1/bBfHcD9L2 # dJJduG+bfAkh95heBkry5EhFt2ZMui5yv9DjEH44hUUc9nwKtIQGts3H3fnVqzvv # rzLZ7c2lhdLpAxHjmjSiiD8H59lJ+DpoziaobW4D7teGgecnyGVvJ9m1YH4Rc+kM # gpLTOGMhADkQlysf5e5cvxXSJbP7YpXYrsr9X+DfEy5PMt2L3y4Yv0wiAz9ClYvm # obD4wMQS5echYvb77qS1G8A0VMEPqA== # =3oYu # -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- # gpg: Signature made Tue 20 Sep 2022 12:57:51 EDT # gpg: using RSA key 6685AE99E75167BCAFC8DF35FBD0DB095A9E2A44 # gpg: Good signature from "Alex Bennée (Master Work Key) <alex.bennee@linaro.org>" [unknown] # gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! # gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. # Primary key fingerprint: 6685 AE99 E751 67BC AFC8 DF35 FBD0 DB09 5A9E 2A44 * tag 'pull-testing-next-200922-2' of https://github.com/stsquad/qemu: (30 commits) tests/docker: remove the Debian base images tests/docker: remove FROM qemu/ support from docker.py tests/docker: update and flatten debian-toolchain tests/docker: update and flatten debian-hexagon-cross tests/docker: update and flatten debian-loongarch-cross tests/docker: update and flatten debian-amd64-cross tests/lcitool: bump to latest version tests/docker: update and flatten debian-all-test-cross tests/docker: flatten debian-riscv64-test-cross Deprecate 32 bit big-endian MIPS gitlab-ci: update aarch32/aarch64 custom runner jobs gitlab-ci/custom-runners: Disable -static-pie for ubuntu-20.04-aarch64 configure: explicitly set cflags for --disable-pie tests/vm: Remove obsolete Fedora VM test tests/docker: remove amd64 qemu/debian10 dependency tests/docker: remove tricore qemu/debian10 dependency tests/docker: flatten debian-powerpc-test-cross tests/docker: update and flatten debian-sparc64-cross tests/docker: update and flatten debian-sh4-cross tests/docker: update and flatten debian-mips64-cross ... Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/about/build-platforms.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/about/deprecated.rst13
-rw-r--r--docs/devel/testing.rst2
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst
index a2fee53..1c1e7b9 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 (little endian only)
- kvm, tcg
* - PPC
- kvm, tcg
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 8c914df..a72fedb 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)
+'''''''''''''''''''
+
+As 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.
+
QEMU API (QAPI) events
----------------------
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index f35f117..aea5b42 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ locally by using the ``NOCACHE`` build option:
.. code::
- make docker-image-debian10 NOCACHE=1
+ make docker-image-debian-arm64-cross NOCACHE=1
Images
~~~~~~