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envelope-from=adityag@linux.ibm.com; helo=mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com X-Spam_score_int: -26 X-Spam_score: -2.7 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_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-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 Hi Cedric, On 24/03/25 13:11, Cédric Le Goater wrote: > Hello Aditya, > > On 3/8/25 21:51, Aditya Gupta wrote: >> Overview >> ============ >> >> Add support for Power11 powernv machine type, to emulate PowerNV VMs >> running on Power11. > > Could you please consider deprecating the POWER8NVL and POWER8E CPUs > and associated chips and machines ? I think keeping POWER8 is fine > since it has different HW implementation from the following generations. > However, the POWER8NVL and POWER8E variants don't add much to QEMU. > They were practical at one point for bringup (2014). They are not > anymore. > > This will remove some lpc peculiarities. I don't know how we 'mark' something deprecated in qemu. Checked the git history. By deprecating, should I just mention it in deprecated section in documentation like done for PSeries in commit 0cac0f1b ? Or directly remove it ? Thanks, - Aditya G > > > Thanks, > > C. >