On 1/11/24 17:46, 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>
> ---
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 2e15040246..7fdd2239b4 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -245,6 +245,15 @@ 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 ``power5plus_v2.1`` and ``power7plus_v2.1`` instead.
> +
>
> System emulator machines
> ------------------------
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Thanks,
C.