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[2001:8b0:1d0::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-42bb6df1066sm175123065e9.18.2024.09.03.09.08.50 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:08:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; t=1725379731; x=1725984531; darn=nongnu.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=UBzlCb7RRPjVLBJHnDbcvnTn6N5F9W9Gb8kEyuiORpw=; b=VoTTviFQzXA0YY9udNTSO3NegGy61AV1fMePZP2uGAdMc7e8NUe96Ruu3b2RkX/ths wJSFhIxIuqclyYBwLI5r+vRZFYzmPKfsWmvE0nzgQvy6eW0xURvmPrWKmk+xU6Is1SH0 hRw+/iA0W9rb94cR+82drgKJ8DWem4JRMEDLoD88SfTzHhE/OIglpjFw9JTaRrhcTi/0 v39Gyh30aspOjrb1V+TQG4AwBaY/43GAaoALb9xBOLxzR8USP4nsYahStLKfiTR8Le7P zcc86UqMjQt69fOr7htg4Mn/PG2U3j/awSC2P8rNtsxhpsNWcZplEzJNZI5e+z32U0Hd /wvw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1725379731; x=1725984531; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:date:subject:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=UBzlCb7RRPjVLBJHnDbcvnTn6N5F9W9Gb8kEyuiORpw=; b=V+xXfz1YY0/lzh8E8ZIP/qmjutgJ3lgT23Xeo6cutMQYIOLJzfPiZs0nPlKzfbej1v oGG/9NnQKKakIPQRjj27I5Z3kkssNXz2uhgLKRHRoawYlUVpuNSfM/3JCMAI1hjbRdU7 KCv5HeKskV+ClalWkb0+rTsF7KNF7UVVvHxL7ekyTFmwL00VDdB7pdQrhpHIX091gN0u F8/dNs3m60xaO33hcBJ8WxUjMvYdyL39mwQAHvbRMunDX/Jthx55AUJBCvmH1ug8rJ6X 6cbnvZzHOU55nZ3TQrd1cebyuSzUl0kGqel8xh5T7/+MfnBzGTjdU9gG5sDmD5+aoVjc 9MOg== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCUEl4jw9jA021xiip2ZMu1FU80+Irs55PiL2bR36UJDEg0k8kzftMYNft3FP7H0TjYE05itWLriHlN0@nongnu.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yy9/OltOUxAh2HJLWTklV5O9Dd7N8zqObi4+zoj9fw+B6qy70Gk 5V/e+JY3z0/KYUdL6aVOuuatEuaET09kw1l+SQlfHqDfHUuv4xy/B7bk1BYd2rA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGRHvvaqmg/h3YQmAJsNywrFCHoo6G7aZe/YGlrU+D1BDpIWowybMN63iIj8V50r8LSPTt1Ag== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:190f:b0:426:6f0e:a60 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-42c7b5b3ed4mr68767465e9.17.1725379730764; Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:08:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Maydell To: qemu-arm@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH for-9.2 36/53] docs: Document removal of old Arm boards Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 17:07:34 +0100 Message-Id: <20240903160751.4100218-37-peter.maydell@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20240903160751.4100218-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> References: <20240903160751.4100218-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::333; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x333.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 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+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @linaro.org) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1725379769133116600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Now we have removed all the board types that it covers, we can move the text about old Arm boards from deprecated.rst to removed-features.rst, tweaking it appropriately. Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 15 --------------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 88f0f037865..bb04daa52b3 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -246,21 +246,6 @@ to correct issues, mostly regarding migration compatib= ility. These are no longer maintained and removing them will make the code easier to read and maintain. Use versions 3.0 and above as a replacement. =20 -Arm machines ``akita``, ``borzoi``, ``cheetah``, ``connex``, ``mainstone``= , ``n800``, ``n810``, ``spitz``, ``terrier``, ``tosa``, ``verdex``, ``z2`` = (since 9.0) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''= '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''= ''''''''''' - -QEMU includes models of some machine types where the QEMU code that -emulates their SoCs is very old and unmaintained. This code is now -blocking our ability to move forward with various changes across -the codebase, and over many years nobody has been interested in -trying to modernise it. We don't expect any of these machines to have -a large number of users, because they're all modelling hardware that -has now passed away into history. We are therefore dropping support -for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also -dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any -test images for it and don't know of anybody who does; the ``sx1`` -and ``sx1-v1`` OMAP1 machines remain supported for now. - PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' =20 diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.= rst index fc7b28e6373..815d63f5941 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -978,6 +978,21 @@ Nios II ``10m50-ghrd`` and ``nios2-generic-nommu`` mac= hines (removed in 9.1) =20 The Nios II architecture was orphan. =20 +Arm machines ``akita``, ``borzoi``, ``cheetah``, ``connex``, ``mainstone``= , ``n800``, ``n810``, ``spitz``, ``terrier``, ``tosa``, ``verdex``, ``z2`` = (removed in 9.2) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''= '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''= '''''''''''''''' + +QEMU included models of some machine types where the QEMU code that +emulates their SoCs was very old and unmaintained. This code was +blocking our ability to move forward with various changes across +the codebase, and over many years nobody has been interested in +trying to modernise it. We don't expect any of these machines to have +a large number of users, because they're all modelling hardware that +has now passed away into history. We are therefore dropping support +for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also +dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any +test images for it and don't know of anybody who does; the ``sx1`` +and ``sx1-v1`` OMAP1 machines remain supported for now. + linux-user mode CPUs -------------------- =20 --=20 2.34.1