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Power8NVL CPU doesn't boot since skiboot v7.0, or following skiboot commit to be exact: commit c5424f683ee3 ("Remove support for POWER8 DD1") Deprecate the 8E and 8NVL variants. Suggested-by: C=C3=A9dric Le Goater Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 Signed-off-by: Aditya Gupta Reviewed-by: C=C3=A9dric Le Goater --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ target/ppc/cpu-models.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 05381441a9ff..966f2e634028 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -275,6 +275,15 @@ embedded 405 for power management (OCC) and other inte= rnal tasks, it is theoretically possible to use QEMU to model them. Let's keep the CPU implementation for a while before removing all support. =20 +Power8E and Power8NVL CPUs and corresponding Pnv chips (since 10.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The Power8E and Power8NVL variants of Power8 are not really useful anymore +in qemu, and are old and unmaintained now. + +The CPUs as well as corresponding Power8NVL and Power8E PnvChips will also +be considered deprecated. + System emulator machines ------------------------ =20 diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu-models.c b/target/ppc/cpu-models.c index 78ef23b4c4b8..cc79a6373d63 100644 --- a/target/ppc/cpu-models.c +++ b/target/ppc/cpu-models.c @@ -732,12 +732,12 @@ "POWER7 v2.3") POWERPC_DEF("power7p_v2.1", CPU_POWERPC_POWER7P_v21, POWER= 7, "POWER7+ v2.1") - POWERPC_DEF("power8e_v2.1", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_v21, POWER= 8, - "POWER8E v2.1") + POWERPC_DEPRECATED_CPU("power8e_v2.1", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8E_v21, POWER= 8, + "POWER8E v2.1", "CPU is unmaintained.") POWERPC_DEF("power8_v2.0", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8_v20, POWER= 8, "POWER8 v2.0") - POWERPC_DEF("power8nvl_v1.0", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_v10, POWER= 8, - "POWER8NVL v1.0") + POWERPC_DEPRECATED_CPU("power8nvl_v1.0", CPU_POWERPC_POWER8NVL_v10, PO= WER8, + "POWER8NVL v1.0", "CPU is unmaintained.") POWERPC_DEF("power9_v2.0", CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD20, POWER= 9, "POWER9 v2.0") POWERPC_DEF("power9_v2.2", CPU_POWERPC_POWER9_DD22, POWER= 9, --=20 2.49.0