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From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
	"Daniel P . Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>,
	Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] docs/about: Change notes on x86 machine type deprecation into a general one
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:46:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250116064644.65670-1-thuth@redhat.com> (raw)

We now have a general note about versioned machine types getting
deprecated and removed at the beginning of the deprecated.rst file,
so we should also have a general note about this in removed-features.rst
(which will also apply to versioned non-x86 machine types) instead of
listing individual old machine types in the document.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst       |  7 -------
 docs/about/removed-features.rst | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 4a3c302962..7b42d6eecc 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -236,13 +236,6 @@ deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name
 better reflects the way this property affects all random data within
 the device tree blob, not just the ``kaslr-seed`` node.
 
-``pc-i440fx-2.4`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.12`` (since 9.1)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-These old machine types are quite neglected nowadays and thus might have
-various pitfalls with regards to live migration. Use a newer machine type
-instead.
-
 PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index c6616ce05e..156c0c253c 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ from Linux in 2021, and is not supported anymore by QEMU either.
 System emulator machines
 ------------------------
 
+Note: Versioned machine types that have been introduced in a QEMU version
+that has initially been released more than 6 years before are considered
+obsolete and will be removed without further notice in this document.
+Please use newer machine types instead.
+
 ``s390-virtio`` (removed in 2.6)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
@@ -1006,12 +1011,6 @@ mips ``fulong2e`` machine alias (removed in 6.0)
 
 This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
 
-``pc-0.10`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.3`` (removed in 4.0 up to 9.0)
-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-These machine types were very old and likely could not be used for live
-migration from old QEMU versions anymore. Use a newer machine type instead.
-
 Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (removed in 6.2)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
-- 
2.47.1



             reply	other threads:[~2025-01-16  6:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-16  6:46 Thomas Huth [this message]
2025-01-16  7:58 ` [PATCH] docs/about: Change notes on x86 machine type deprecation into a general one Zhao Liu
2025-01-16  8:48 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2025-01-16  9:19   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-01-16 10:59     ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-02-20 14:59       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-02-20 15:21         ` Thomas Huth
2025-02-24  9:46           ` Daniel P. Berrangé

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