Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-1.6] mips_malta: do not raise exceptions when accessing invalid memory

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 09:45:28PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 13 August 2013 21:23, Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden> wrote:
> > It's great that people improve QEMU by providing new APIs allowing more
> > things. That said it's a real pitty that people providing a new API do
> > not (always) convert devices to the new API, as they are the one really
> > knowing and understanding it. Now I'll have to spend time on that
> > instead of doing things actually useful.
> 
> Andreas has actually been putting in a lot of work converting
> and updating various devices to new APIs. However we have a lot of
> devices, and with only a few people doing conversions it takes a
> while to cover everything.

I agree that Andreas is taking time to update the various devices,
thanks. That said he's not the one who has introduced this new API, and
that should not be a justification for removing the Malta board or even
the MIPS target from QEMU.

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