Re: [PATCH v1] target/s390x: filter deprecated features based on model expansion type

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Collin Walling <walling@linux.ibm.com> writes:

> On 7/12/24 1:23 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Collin Walling <walling@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>> 
>>> It is beneficial to provide an interface to retrieve *all* deprecated
>>> features in one go. Management applications will need this information
>>> to determine which features need to be disabled regardless of the
>>> host-model's capabilities.
>>>
>>> To remedy this, deprecated features are only filtered during a static
>>> expansion. All deperecated features are reported on a full expansion.
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Collin Walling <walling@linux.ibm.com>
>> 
>> Which command(s) exactly are affected?
>>
>
> The query-cpu-model-expansion result will now report all deprecated
> features when a user requests a full expansion.  The inputs are not
> affects, but the output is modified.  I will make this more concise on
> the v2 commit message.

Yes, please.  Consider including an example.

>> Do they need a doc update?
>> 
>
> Yes, I forgot to add this.  This is what is currently documented:
>
> ##
> # @CpuModelInfo:
> #
> ...
> #
> # @deprecated-props: a list of properties that are flagged as deprecated
> #     by the CPU vendor.  These props are a subset of the full model's
> #     definition list of properties. (since 9.1)
> #
>
> I will change to:
>
> #
> # @deprecated-props: a list of properties that are flagged as deprecated
> #     by the CPU vendor. These are a subset of the reported @props.
> #     (since 9.1)
> #

Hasn't made it into a release, so we don't have to document the old
behavior.  Fortunate!

Separate sentences with two spaces for consistency, please.

> (I will also the correct typo in my commit message).
>
> [...]
>
> Thanks!