Re: [PATCH for-7.1 3/4] target/loongarch: rename the TCG CPU "la464" to "qemu64-v1.00"

[Richard Henderson]

On 8/17/22 04:10, WANG Xuerui wrote:
>  From my own experiences, different use cases care about different aspects of the CPU, and 
> that IMO is an argument in favor of providing both (high-fidelity models named after 
> actual product model names, and virtual models named after ISA levels). But before we have 
> truly high-fidelity models I think we should start with the virtual ones first. And don't 
> pretend the currently implemented model is LA464 -- the kernel change I've linked to [1] 
> implies the opposite.

No, it simply pointed to a bug in qemu that could have been fixed.

The trouble with inventing virtual models is that no one knows what they mean.  Targeting 
real hardware is better, because we have a documented standard.


r~