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Date:      Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:59:58 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: d428dcc996b5 - stable/13 - stand/mips64: Make beri loader compile
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:46 AM Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 03:23:05PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:
> > The branch stable/13 has been updated by imp:
> >
> > URL:
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d428dcc996b5ec26166bbd90ef0fc6996838c337
> >
> > commit d428dcc996b5ec26166bbd90ef0fc6996838c337
> > Author:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2023-01-25 15:14:45 +0000
> > Commit:     Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2023-01-25 15:21:04 +0000
> >
> >     stand/mips64: Make beri loader compile
>
> If removing BERI support made future MFCs easier it would be fine to do
> that.  There are zero consumers.  (BERI didn't take off and RISC-V is
> generally the research platform of choice for hardware people.  We've
> moved to a combination of RISC-V and Morello for CHERI work.)
>

I think I will remove the BERI support then, if there's no users. MIPS is a
tier-2 platform
so we can do things like this in a stable branch, especially given BERI's
special nature.
I'm unsure that my changes even work, so it's likely best we just do that.
I don't know
for sure it will make future MFCs easier, but there's a lot of copied code
in it that I've
centralized and fixed bugs in, and likely will continue to do so and
definitely won't think
to fix BERI when I MFC.

Warner

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 9:46 AM Brook=
s Davis &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:brooks@freebsd.org">brooks@freebsd.org</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wed,=
 Jan 25, 2023 at 03:23:05PM +0000, Warner Losh wrote:<br>
&gt; The branch stable/13 has been updated by imp:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; URL: <a href=3D"https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3Dd428dcc996b5=
ec26166bbd90ef0fc6996838c337" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://=
cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3Dd428dcc996b5ec26166bbd90ef0fc6996838c337<=
/a><br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; commit d428dcc996b5ec26166bbd90ef0fc6996838c337<br>
&gt; Author:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Warner Losh &lt;imp@FreeBSD.org&gt;<br>
&gt; AuthorDate: 2023-01-25 15:14:45 +0000<br>
&gt; Commit:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Warner Losh &lt;imp@FreeBSD.org&gt;<br>
&gt; CommitDate: 2023-01-25 15:21:04 +0000<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0stand/mips64: Make beri loader compile<br>
<br>
If removing BERI support made future MFCs easier it would be fine to do<br>
that.=C2=A0 There are zero consumers.=C2=A0 (BERI didn&#39;t take off and R=
ISC-V is<br>
generally the research platform of choice for hardware people.=C2=A0 We&#39=
;ve<br>
moved to a combination of RISC-V and Morello for CHERI work.)<br></blockquo=
te><div><br></div><div>I think I will remove the BERI support then, if ther=
e&#39;s no users. MIPS is a tier-2 platform</div><div>so we can do things l=
ike this in a stable branch, especially given BERI&#39;s special nature.</d=
iv><div>I&#39;m unsure that my changes even work, so it&#39;s likely best w=
e just do that. I don&#39;t know</div><div>for sure it will make future MFC=
s easier, but there&#39;s a lot of copied code in it that I&#39;ve</div><di=
v>centralized and fixed bugs in, and likely will continue to do so and defi=
nitely won&#39;t think</div><div>to fix BERI when I MFC.</div><div><br></di=
v><div>Warner</div></div></div>

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