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From: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, <qemu-ppc@nongnu.org>,
	Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "Cédric Le Goater" <clg@redhat.com>,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	"Shivang Upadhyay" <shivangu@linux.ibm.com>,
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	"BALATON Zoltan" <balaton@eik.bme.hu>,
	"Nikhil Kumar Singh" <nikhilks@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 RESEND 7/8] ppc/pnv: Remove Power8E and Power8NVL CPUs
Date: Fri,  3 Jul 2026 14:29:54 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260703085955.2318600-8-adityag@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260703085955.2318600-1-adityag@linux.ibm.com>

Power8E and Power8NVL were deprecated since QEMU 10.1, with
commit 264a604e7163 ("target/ppc: Deprecate Power8E and Power8NVL")

Remove the corresponding 8E and 8NVL CPU cores from spapr/pseries

Also, with no use of 8E and 8NVL, in powernv chips or spapr cores,
remove the CPU definitions for the cores

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>
Tested-by: Misbah Anjum N <misanjum@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta <adityag@linux.ibm.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst       | 9 ---------
 docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++
 docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst     | 2 +-
 hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c         | 2 --
 target/ppc/cpu-models.c         | 6 ------
 target/ppc/cpu-models.h         | 4 ----
 target/ppc/cpu_init.c           | 6 ------
 target/ppc/kvm.c                | 4 +---
 8 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 169c5dfe4fcc..ef1d7b9ea885 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -206,15 +206,6 @@ in the QEMU object model anymore. ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi+`` and
 but for consistency these will get removed in a future release, too.
 Use ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi-plus`` and ``Sun-UltraSparc-IV-plus`` instead.
 
-Power8E and Power8NVL CPUs and corresponding Pnv chips (since 10.1)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The Power8E and Power8NVL variants of Power8 are not really useful anymore
-in qemu, and are old and unmaintained now.
-
-The CPUs as well as corresponding Power8NVL and Power8E PnvChips will also
-be considered deprecated.
-
 System emulator machines
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
index d1bea4d75bb4..f7a2aa326dec 100644
--- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
+++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
@@ -1038,6 +1038,14 @@ initial RISC-V QEMU port. Its usage was always been unclear: users don't know
 what to expect from a CPU called 'any', and in fact the CPU does not do anything
 special that isn't already done by the default CPUs rv32/rv64.
 
+Power8E and Power8NVL CPUs (removed in 11.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The Power8E and Power8NVL variants of Power8 are not really useful anymore
+in qemu, and are old and unmaintained.
+Hence, the CPUs as well as corresponding Power8NVL and Power8E PnvChips have
+been removed
+
 System accelerators
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst b/docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst
index 107091a37f04..8bd8eae617d2 100644
--- a/docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst
+++ b/docs/system/ppc/pseries.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Supported devices
 
  * Multi processor support for many Power processors generations:
    - POWER7, POWER7+
-   - POWER8, POWER8NVL
+   - POWER8
    - POWER9
    - Power10
    - Power11
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 41e37103c043..9a9351991c95 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -408,8 +408,6 @@ static const TypeInfo spapr_cpu_core_type_infos[] = {
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power7_v2.3"),
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power7p_v2.1"),
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power8_v2.0"),
-    DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power8e_v2.1"),
-    DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power8nvl_v1.0"),
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power9_v2.0"),
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power9_v2.2"),
     DEFINE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE_TYPE("power10_v2.0"),
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu-models.c b/target/ppc/cpu-models.c
index 26b6debcfc96..aa13654e83e8 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu-models.c
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu-models.c
@@ -734,12 +734,8 @@
                 "POWER7 v2.3")
     POWERPC_DEF("power7p_v2.1",  CPU_POWERPC_POWER7P_v21,            POWER7,
                 "POWER7+ v2.1")
-    POWERPC_DEPRECATED_CPU("power8e_v2.1",  CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_v21, POWER8,
-                "POWER8E v2.1", "CPU is unmaintained.")
     POWERPC_DEF("power8_v2.0",   CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_v20,             POWER8,
                 "POWER8 v2.0")
-    POWERPC_DEPRECATED_CPU("power8nvl_v1.0", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_v10, POWER8,
-                "POWER8NVL v1.0", "CPU is unmaintained.")
     POWERPC_DEF("power9_v2.0",   CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD20,            POWER9,
                 "POWER9 v2.0")
     POWERPC_DEF("power9_v2.2",   CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD22,            POWER9,
@@ -918,9 +914,7 @@ PowerPCCPUAlias ppc_cpu_aliases[] = {
     { "power7", "power7_v2.3" },
     { "power7+", "power7p_v2.1" },
     { "power7+_v2.1", "power7p_v2.1" },
-    { "power8e", "power8e_v2.1" },
     { "power8", "power8_v2.0" },
-    { "power8nvl", "power8nvl_v1.0" },
     { "power9", "power9_v2.2" },
     { "power10", "power10_v2.0" },
     { "power11", "power11_v2.0" },
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu-models.h b/target/ppc/cpu-models.h
index a439eb37ee41..ef019cdb1f3c 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu-models.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu-models.h
@@ -341,12 +341,8 @@ enum {
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER7_v23         = 0x003F0203,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER7P_BASE       = 0x004A0000,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER7P_v21        = 0x004A0201,
-    CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_BASE       = 0x004B0000,
-    CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_v21        = 0x004B0201,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_BASE        = 0x004D0000,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_v20         = 0x004D0200,
-    CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_BASE     = 0x004C0000,
-    CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_v10      = 0x004C0100,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_BASE        = 0x004E0000,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD1         = 0x004E1100,
     CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD20        = 0x004E1200,
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
index 8cab5e12b6e6..f404c7e549d0 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu_init.c
@@ -6311,12 +6311,6 @@ static bool ppc_pvr_match_power8(PowerPCCPUClass *pcc, uint32_t pvr, bool best)
         if (base == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_BASE) {
             return true;
         }
-        if (base == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_BASE) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if (base == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_BASE) {
-            return true;
-        }
     }
     if (base != pcc_base) {
         return false;
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index b94c2997a07f..78a1c4a8393e 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2437,9 +2437,7 @@ static bool kvmppc_power8_host(void)
 #ifdef TARGET_PPC64
     {
         uint32_t base_pvr = CPU_POWERPC_POWER_SERVER_MASK & mfpvr();
-        ret = (base_pvr == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_BASE) ||
-              (base_pvr == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_BASE) ||
-              (base_pvr == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_BASE);
+        ret = (base_pvr == CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_BASE);
     }
 #endif /* TARGET_PPC64 */
     return ret;
-- 
2.55.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-03  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-03  8:59 [PATCH v4 RESEND 0/8] powerpc: Testcase improvements and Power8E/NVL removal Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 1/8] tests/functional: Add remote interrupts test for PowerNV Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  9:17   ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-07-03 10:21     ` Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03 12:08       ` Cédric Le Goater
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 2/8] tests/qtest/pnv_spi: Test Power11 PNV_SPI Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 3/8] tests/qtest: Add Power11 chip & machine to qtests Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 4/8] tests/functional: Use default powernv machine instead of power10 Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 5/8] ppc/pnv: Replace Power8E with Power11 for 'none' machine test Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 6/8] ppc/pnv: Remove Power8E and Power8NVL pnv chips Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  8:59 ` Aditya Gupta [this message]
2026-07-03  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 RESEND 8/8] MAINTAINERS: Add self as maintainer for PowerNV Aditya Gupta
2026-07-03  9:15   ` Harsh Prateek Bora
2026-07-03 12:09   ` Cédric Le Goater

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