Re: [PATCH 04/31] docs: mark CRIS support as deprecated

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:48:27PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: > This might be premature but while streamling the avocado tests I > realised the only tests we have are "check-tcg" ones. The aging > fedora-criss-cross image works well enough for developers but can't be > used in CI as we need supported build platforms to build QEMU. > > Does this mean the writing is on the wall for this architecture? > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee(a)linaro.org&gt; > Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabinv(a)axis.com&gt; > Cc: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.iglesias(a)xilinx.com&gt; > --- > docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > index dc4da95329..7cfe313aa6 100644 > --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst > +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst > @@ -399,6 +399,17 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the > used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides > a password via a file, or encrypted. > > +TCG CPUs > +-------- > + > +CRIS CPU architecture (since 8.1) > +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > + > +The CRIS architecture was pulled from Linux in 4.17 and the compiler > +is no longer packaged in any distro making it harder to run the > +``check-tcg`` tests. Unless we can improve the testing situation there > +is a chance the code will bitrot without anyone noticing. Deprecated is generally a warning that we intend to delete the feature. If we're just going to relegate it to untested status (what I'd call "tier 3" quality), then we should document that elsewhere. I don't mind which way we go.