[Qemu-commits] [qemu/qemu] d4715c: hw/arm: Stop specifying integratorcp as the defaul...

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  Branch: refs/heads/master
  Home:   https://github.com/qemu/qemu
  Commit: d4715c4183043c5e977f821b6f9ca88b17d90bbb
      
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/d4715c4183043c5e977f821b6f9ca88b17d90bbb
  Author: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
  Date:   2014-03-27 (Thu, 27 Mar 2014)

  Changed paths:
    M hw/arm/integratorcp.c

  Log Message:
  -----------
  hw/arm: Stop specifying integratorcp as the default board

Currently for both qemu-system-arm and qemu-system-aarch64
the default board model if the user doesn't specify one
is the 'integratorcp'. This is a totally arbitrary historical
accident since it was the first board to be modelled.
That board is now just one target among many for us, and
is a very poor choice of default:
 * it's an ancient board that is now only found in the
   junkpiles of longtime ARM/Linux hackers, if at all
 * it's an ARMv5 CPU, when most distros are now assuming
   ARMv7
 * it's pretty much unmaintained in QEMU
 * it doesn't even have versatilepb's advantage of
   supporting PCI

Making it or any other board the default serves only
to confuse people new to ARM who expect something more
like the x86 monoculture. Remove the is_default marker
from integratorcp, and don't set it for any other board,
to give users a nudge that they need to think about
which board they want a QEMU model of. (QEMU will produce
the admittedly slightly cryptic error "No machine found.")

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>


  Commit: a7a5544a3a59600f30f29985397f56ee40929850
      
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/a7a5544a3a59600f30f29985397f56ee40929850
  Author: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
  Date:   2014-03-27 (Thu, 27 Mar 2014)

  Changed paths:
    M vl.c

  Log Message:
  -----------
  vl.c: Improve message when no default machine is found

Improve the clarity of the message QEMU prints when the user
doesn't specify a machine model to use and there is no default.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Marcel Apfelbaum <address@hidden>


  Commit: 6ff45f01c734e1ad051f19913449e2577c9f4b7d
      
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/6ff45f01c734e1ad051f19913449e2577c9f4b7d
  Author: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
  Date:   2014-03-27 (Thu, 27 Mar 2014)

  Changed paths:
    M hw/arm/integratorcp.c
    M vl.c

  Log Message:
  -----------
  Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/pmaydell/tags/pull-target-arm-20140327' 
into staging

target-arm queue:
 * Don't default to integratorcp board if no machine specified

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* remotes/pmaydell/tags/pull-target-arm-20140327:
  vl.c: Improve message when no default machine is found
  hw/arm: Stop specifying integratorcp as the default board

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>


Compare: https://github.com/qemu/qemu/compare/9ad665df2a9e...6ff45f01c734