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 10:20:41PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 13 August 2013 22:15, Aurelien Jarno <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Has anybody suggested that? I don't think we're anywhere near
> that stage yet (and I'd certainly object at this point to
> dropping devices simply because they hadn't been QOMified).

We have seen some patches in the past intentionally breaking
non-qdevified devices, and it has been suggested on IRC to schedule 
MIPS target for removal because there was no free bios available.

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