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Tsirkin" , Ani Sinha , qemu-arm@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH-for-10.1 v2 00/13] hw/arm: Remove virt-2.6 up to virt-2.12 machines Message-ID: References: <20250116145944.38028-1-philmd@linaro.org> <823a0892-e9d9-4d26-b862-83ffd60c2ad1@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.13 (2024-03-09) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.17 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.093, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-arm@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-arm-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-arm-bounces+alex.bennee=linaro.org@nongnu.org X-TUID: NvvlMv3b3VSk On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 07:47:15AM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 16/01/2025 22.13, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > > > On 16/1/25 15:59, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > > > The versioned 'virt' machines up to 2.12 been marked as deprecated > > > two releases ago, and are older than 6 years, so according to our > > > support policy we can remove them. Remove associated dead code. > > > > > Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (13): > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.6 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::no_pmu field > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::disallow_affinity_adjustment > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.7 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::no_its field > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.8 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::claim_edge_triggered_timers > > >      field > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.9 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.10 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.11 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::smbios_old_sys_ver field > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove deprecated virt-2.12 machine > > >    hw/arm/virt: Remove VirtMachineClass::no_highmem_ecam field > > > > Please ignore this (reviewed) series for now. I'll rebase it and > > repost after the 10.0 release. > > Why? IMHO it should be ok to include them now already. While Daniel's macro > only starts the automatic disablement for 10.1, it should be ok to remove > them now already according to our normal deprecation policy: The machines > have been marked as deprecated in the 9.1 release already (via commit > https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/ce80c4fa6ff ), and thus they > have been deprecated since two releases already. So it should be fine to > remove them now, shouldn't it? No, because as of 9.1.0 we documented that machine types are under the new policy, and these were only deprecated in 9.1.0, hence the new policy applies to them. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|