Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-31 Thread Alistair Francis
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 1:56 AM Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 08:16:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 10:59 PM Alistair Francis > > wrote: > > > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:38 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > 1. virt machine is not well documented and a

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-24 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 08:16:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 10:59 PM Alistair Francis > wrote: > > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:38 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > 1. virt machine is not well documented and already bloated. There is > > > no specification for virt machine as s

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-23 Thread Atish Patra
On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 10:59 PM Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:38 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM Alistair Francis > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:52 PM Daniel P. Berrangé > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-22 Thread Alistair Francis
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 4:38 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM Alistair Francis wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:52 PM Daniel P. Berrangé > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:03:38PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:30

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-19 Thread Atish Kumar Patra
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 3:46 AM Peter Maydell wrote: > > On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:25, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > The fact that RISC-V ecosystem is so young & has relatively few > > users, and even fewer expecting long term stability, is precisely > > why we should just modify the existing 'v

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-18 Thread Peter Maydell
On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 09:25, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > The fact that RISC-V ecosystem is so young & has relatively few > users, and even fewer expecting long term stability, is precisely > why we should just modify the existing 'virt' machine now rather > than introducing a new 'virt-pcie'. We

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-18 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 11:38:39PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM Alistair Francis wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:52 PM Daniel P. Berrangé > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:03:38PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > > On Sat, May 7, 2022 a

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-17 Thread Atish Patra
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 1:54 PM Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:52 PM Daniel P. Berrangé > wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:03:38PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:30 AM Atish Kumar Patra > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 6, 2

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-17 Thread Alistair Francis
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 6:52 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:03:38PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:30 AM Atish Kumar Patra > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 4:00 AM Peter Maydell > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 6 May 20

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-17 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:03:38PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:30 AM Atish Kumar Patra wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 4:00 AM Peter Maydell > > wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 09:18, Daniel P. Berrangé > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 06, 2

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-16 Thread Alistair Francis
On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 6:30 AM Atish Kumar Patra wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 4:00 AM Peter Maydell wrote: > > > > On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 09:18, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 06:34:47AM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > > Even if we didn't worry about backw

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-06 Thread Atish Kumar Patra
On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 4:00 AM Peter Maydell wrote: > > On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 09:18, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 06:34:47AM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > Even if we didn't worry about backwards compatibility the current virt > > > machine would still be what m

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-06 Thread Peter Maydell
On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 09:18, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 06:34:47AM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > Even if we didn't worry about backwards compatibility the current virt > > machine would still be what most users want. It's just a small number > > of users who don't w

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-06 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 06:34:47AM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:04 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 07:36:51PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Anup Patel
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:24 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 07:36:51PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Dani

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Atish Kumar Patra
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 1:35 PM Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:04 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 07:36:51PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM At

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Atish Kumar Patra
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 2:37 AM Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Daniel P. Berrangé > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:10:06PM

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Alistair Francis
On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 8:04 PM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 07:36:51PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Dani

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 07:36:51PM +1000, Alistair Francis wrote: > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Daniel P. Berrangé > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-05 Thread Alistair Francis
On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 5:57 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Daniel P. Berrangé > > wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:10:06PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > > > The RISC-V virt machine has hel

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-05-03 Thread Atish Patra
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 5:26 PM Atish Patra wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Daniel P. Berrangé > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:10:06PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > > > > > The RISC-V virt machine has helped RISC-V software eco system to evolve > > > at a > > > rapid pace

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-04-19 Thread Atish Patra
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:51 AM Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:10:06PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > > > The RISC-V virt machine has helped RISC-V software eco system to evolve at a > > rapid pace even in absense of the real hardware. It is definitely > > commendable. >

Re: [RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-04-19 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 07:10:06PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > The RISC-V virt machine has helped RISC-V software eco system to evolve at a > rapid pace even in absense of the real hardware. It is definitely commendable. > However, the number of devices & commandline options keeps growing as a r

[RFC 0/3] Introduce a new Qemu machine for RISC-V

2022-04-11 Thread Atish Patra
The RISC-V virt machine has helped RISC-V software eco system to evolve at a rapid pace even in absense of the real hardware. It is definitely commendable. However, the number of devices & commandline options keeps growing as a result of that as well. That adds flexibility but will also become bi