From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 515F1C5AE59 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2025 05:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1uN2uZ-00058T-Vr; Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:13:08 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1uN2uY-00058C-M4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:13:06 -0400 Received: from mgamail.intel.com ([192.198.163.9]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1uN2uW-0002Wg-L3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:13:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1749100384; x=1780636384; h=message-id:date:mime-version:subject:to:cc:references: from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=xjL1VkpiH64v84dOuynYANN0uWV5PCk6ijFnOq/cFZA=; b=ZQKc1yGKAchzt4sD7iJ++JyNBjy65QiMmBHXLi78SCduMf6sUFP31A1p 7BgV6A+mDy/MiIuxXMYUXTlX6v2CZTcmnOGIc/TIeZ6zZ42UFodgXog9u +hrBLCMWroOCrArtsqI2TsUPEOkmtQf0JNKYwmOiBNid0Rgg1cmS0eJaz mtK7enR02IVadi+xZMtXZepPm+4tqxVf986chp6qI34gB+qhXKLWS43K7 U5xfTzpYT02F1CZvl+Vtmjhabf8+gc0QlsHO/li/3G8c+Qn6xZ0p3L35E LMPcN7zsTGgS/AX5HrQ9vydthUk62QwD23wmVpM/rJdjU+e44J0GJc3ro Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: mpSAOrYtSPSwjYKfh7xvgQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: /p7WvaduTCWbtUigefzrlw== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11454"; a="61872138" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.16,211,1744095600"; d="scan'208";a="61872138" Received: from fmviesa002.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.142]) by fmvoesa103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 04 Jun 2025 22:13:00 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 6V1MCzKLSD2Ge2tCaq50Lw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: AHkDeYZdRbq5LycSPMtuAA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.16,211,1744095600"; d="scan'208";a="168566329" Received: from xiaoyaol-hp-g830.ccr.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.124.247.1]) ([10.124.247.1]) by fmviesa002-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 04 Jun 2025 22:12:56 -0700 Message-ID: <71a11a41-b323-4db5-b769-9a385650d64c@intel.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 13:12:50 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 PC machines To: =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Marcel Apfelbaum , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Thomas Huth , Eduardo Habkost , Richard Henderson , Paolo Bonzini References: <20250501223522.99772-1-philmd@linaro.org> <4ac8c8b0-700b-4fac-ae4c-6531fc6b682e@intel.com> <0c0545dc-6ce1-4580-9d21-6f31d39e0125@linaro.org> <6a1d2339-5656-4b65-aae3-6db2cab29e79@linaro.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Xiaoyao Li In-Reply-To: <6a1d2339-5656-4b65-aae3-6db2cab29e79@linaro.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=192.198.163.9; envelope-from=xiaoyao.li@intel.com; helo=mgamail.intel.com X-Spam_score_int: -34 X-Spam_score: -3.5 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.128, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM=0.001, HK_RANDOM_FROM=0.999, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, 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-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 6/4/2025 3:14 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > On 4/6/25 09:07, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >> On 4/6/25 03:30, Xiaoyao Li wrote: >>> On 5/2/2025 6:35 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: >>>> The versioned 'pc' and 'q35' 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. >>>> >>>> This series includes the 2.10 to 2.12 machines removal. >>> >>> For this series, >>> >>> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li >> >> Thanks! >> >>> Besides, please add more patches to remove hw_compat_2_{10,11,12} >> >> Are you asking for this series which was posted more than one month ago? >> https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250501230129.2596-1- >> philmd@linaro.org/ Sorry that I didn't notice this series. (It would be helpful if call out the removal of hw_compat_2_* will be in a separate series in the cover letter.) > Actually looking for it (sorry, this was quite some time now) I realized > I did the work up to removing 4.0: > > $ git log x86_deprec > commit acc32b99be93105267805d08b6803ce85d4fb997 > Author: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > Date:   Tue Apr 29 17:52:38 2025 +0200 > >     hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_4_0[] array > >     The pc_compat_4_0[] array was only used by the pc-q35-4.0, >     pc-q35-4.0.1 and pc-i440fx-4.0 machines, which got removed. >     Remove it. > >     Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > > commit 659443241b5bf8266af8a2a3f2bde249564498af > Author: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > Date:   Tue Apr 29 17:51:09 2025 +0200 > >     hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-4.0[.1] and pc-i440fx-4.0 > machines > >     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. > >     Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > > commit d21784220e5d251bc2cfe588a04e3842cde3d8f9 > Author: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > Date:   Tue Apr 29 16:55:39 2025 +0200 > >     hw/i386/pc: Remove pc_compat_3_1[] array > >     The pc_compat_3_1[] array was only used by the pc-q35-3.1 >     and pc-i440fx-3.1 machines, which got removed. Remove it. > >     Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé > > ... > > At some point I had too many series waiting for review so I stopped > posting (otherwise having to constantly rebase / repost drains too > much energy on both author and reviewers). I might post them once > the prerequisites are all merged. Good news is that the removal of PC machine 2.4 and 2.5 is merged. Hope the remaining can be merged soon. > Regards, > > Phil. >