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helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-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: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1633090925520100001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" These machines need a firmware image called 'ppc405_rom.bin', and nobody seems to have such a firmware image left for testing, so the machines are currently unusable. There used to be support in U-Boot, but it has been removed a couple of year ago already. Thus let's mark these boards and the 405 CPU as deprecated now, so that we could remove them in a couple of releases (unless somebody speaks up and says that these are still usefull for them). Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: C=C3=A9dric Le Goater --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 2f7db9a98d..27c03ef624 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ The ``I7200`` guest CPU relies on the nanoMIPS ISA, wh= ich is deprecated (the ISA has never been upstreamed to a compiler toolchain). Therefore this CPU is also deprecated. =20 +PPC 405 CPU models (since 6.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The related boards ``ref405ep`` and ``taihu`` are marked as deprecated, to= o. + =20 QEMU API (QAPI) events ---------------------- @@ -258,6 +263,16 @@ This machine is deprecated because we have enough AST2= 500 based OpenPOWER machines. It can be easily replaced by the ``witherspoon-bmc`` or the ``romulus-bmc`` machines. =20 +``ref405ep`` and ``taihu`` machines (since 6.2) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +These machines need a firmware image called 'ppc405_rom.bin', and nobody s= eems +to have a working copy of such a firmware image anymore. `Support in U-Boot +`__ +has been removed a couple of years ago, too, so it is very unlikely that +anybody is still using this code at all. + + Backend options --------------- =20 diff --git a/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c b/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c index 972a7a4a3e..1578c0dac8 100644 --- a/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c +++ b/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c @@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static void ref405ep_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *= data) mc->init =3D ref405ep_init; mc->default_ram_size =3D 0x08000000; mc->default_ram_id =3D "ef405ep.ram"; + mc->deprecation_reason =3D "ppc405 CPU is deprecated"; } =20 static const TypeInfo ref405ep_type =3D { @@ -547,6 +548,7 @@ static void taihu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *dat= a) mc->init =3D taihu_405ep_init; mc->default_ram_size =3D 0x08000000; mc->default_ram_id =3D "taihu_405ep.ram"; + mc->deprecation_reason =3D "ppc405 CPU is deprecated"; } =20 static const TypeInfo taihu_type =3D { --=20 2.27.0