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Tsirkin" , Eduardo Habkost , Marcel Apfelbaum , Alistair Francis , Daniel Henrique Barboza , Marcelo Tosatti , qemu-riscv@nongnu.org, Weiwei Li , Amit Shah , Zhao Liu , Yanan Wang , Helge Deller , Palmer Dabbelt , Ani Sinha , Fabiano Rosas , Paolo Bonzini , Liu Zhiwei , =?UTF-8?B?Q2zDqW1lbnQ=?= Mathieu--Drif , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, =?UTF-8?B?TWFy?= =?UTF-8?B?Yy1BbmRyw6k=?= Lureau , Huacai Chen , Jason Wang , Mark Cave-Ayland Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.6 and pc-i440fx-2.6 machines Message-ID: <20250602122630.2d28a9b8@imammedo.users.ipa.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20250508133550.81391-1-philmd@linaro.org> <20250508133550.81391-2-philmd@linaro.org> <20250509172336.6e73884f@imammedo.users.ipa.redhat.com> <91c4bf9f-3079-4e2f-9fbb-e1a2a9c56c7b@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.1 (GTK 3.24.49; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=imammedo@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -31 X-Spam_score: -3.2 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.071, 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=-1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:53:19 +0200 Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 wrote: > On 2/6/25 08:13, Thomas Huth wrote: > > On 09/05/2025 17.23, Igor Mammedov wrote: =20 > >> On Thu,=C2=A0 8 May 2025 15:35:24 +0200 > >> Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 wrote: > >> =20 > >>> These machines has been supported for a period of more than 6 years. > >>> According to our versioned machine support policy (see commit > >>> ce80c4fa6ff "docs: document special exception for machine type > >>> deprecation & removal") they can now be removed. =20 > >> > >> if these machine types are the last users of compat arrays, > >> it's better to remove array at the same time, aka squash > >> those patches later in series into this one. > >> That leaves no illusion that compats could be used in the later patche= s. =20 > >=20 > > IMHO the generic hw_compat array should be treated separately since thi= s=20 > > is independent from x86. So in case someone ever needs to backport thes= e=20 > > patches to an older branch, they can decide more easily whether they=20 > > want to apply the generic hw_compat part or only the x86-specific part= =20 > > of this series. =20 >=20 > Yes, it is clearer this way than squashed. ok, let's leave it as is. >=20