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[2001:8b0:1d0::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-37cd56e6547sm12243771f8f.58.2024.10.01.09.39.40 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:39:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Maydell To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PULL 38/54] docs: Document removal of old Arm boards Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:39:02 +0100 Message-Id: <20241001163918.1275441-39-peter.maydell@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20241001163918.1275441-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> References: <20241001163918.1275441-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::42e; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-wr1-x42e.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Now we have removed all the board types that it covers, we can move the text about old Arm boards from deprecated.rst to removed-features.rst, tweaking it appropriately. Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Message-id: 20240903160751.4100218-37-peter.maydell@linaro.org --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 --------------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index c0aa52def58..1e21fbbf778 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -251,21 +251,6 @@ to correct issues, mostly regarding migration compatibility. These are no longer maintained and removing them will make the code easier to read and maintain. Use versions 3.0 and above as a replacement. -Arm machines ``akita``, ``borzoi``, ``cheetah``, ``connex``, ``mainstone``, ``n800``, ``n810``, ``spitz``, ``terrier``, ``tosa``, ``verdex``, ``z2`` (since 9.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -QEMU includes models of some machine types where the QEMU code that -emulates their SoCs is very old and unmaintained. This code is now -blocking our ability to move forward with various changes across -the codebase, and over many years nobody has been interested in -trying to modernise it. We don't expect any of these machines to have -a large number of users, because they're all modelling hardware that -has now passed away into history. We are therefore dropping support -for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also -dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any -test images for it and don't know of anybody who does; the ``sx1`` -and ``sx1-v1`` OMAP1 machines remain supported for now. - PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 06f8cc1b739..6e96cd067fa 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -998,6 +998,20 @@ The Nios II architecture was orphan. The machine was unmaintained. +Arm machines ``akita``, ``borzoi``, ``cheetah``, ``connex``, ``mainstone``, ``n800``, ``n810``, ``spitz``, ``terrier``, ``tosa``, ``verdex``, ``z2`` (removed in 9.2) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +QEMU included models of some machine types where the QEMU code that +emulates their SoCs was very old and unmaintained. This code was +blocking our ability to move forward with various changes across +the codebase, and over many years nobody has been interested in +trying to modernise it. We don't expect any of these machines to have +a large number of users, because they're all modelling hardware that +has now passed away into history. We are therefore dropping support +for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also +dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any +test images for it and don't know of anybody who does. + linux-user mode CPUs --------------------