Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs/about: Deprecate the old "power5+" and "power7+" CPU names

[Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>]

On 1/17/24 19:40, Thomas Huth wrote:
> For consistency we should drop the names with a "+" in it in the
> long run.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>

> ---
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index b47763330c..251723d264 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ Nios II CPU (since 8.2)
>   The Nios II architecture is orphan. The ``nios2`` guest CPU support is
>   deprecated and will be removed in a future version of QEMU.
>   
> +``power5+`` and ``power7+`` CPU names (since 9.0)
> +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The character "+" in device (and thus also CPU) names is not allowed
> +in the QEMU object model anymore. ``power5+``, ``power5+_v2.1``,
> +``power7+`` and ``power7+_v2.1`` are currently still supported via
> +an alias, but for consistency these will get removed in a future
> +release, too. Use ``power5p_v2.1`` and ``power7p_v2.1`` instead.
> +
>   
>   System emulator machines
>   ------------------------