From: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>

The RISC-V shakti_c machine hasn't had meaningful contributions since 2021
and is currently unmaintained. The machine is scheduled to be removed as it
appears to have no users.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <daniel.barboza@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Chao Liu <chao.liu.zevorn@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20260430052218.771358-3-alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
 hw/riscv/shakti_c.c       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 7771b98b72..97750f5edc 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name
 better reflects the way this property affects all random data within
 the device tree blob, not just the ``kaslr-seed`` node.
 
+RISC-V Shakti machine (since 11.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The RISC-V ``shakti_c`` machine hasn't had meaningful contributions since 2021
+and is currently unmaintained. The machine is scheduled to be removed as it
+appears to have no users.
+
 
 Backend options
 ---------------
diff --git a/hw/riscv/shakti_c.c b/hw/riscv/shakti_c.c
index 49a39b3021..852d5b9797 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/shakti_c.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/shakti_c.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static void shakti_c_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, const void *data)
     mc->init = shakti_c_machine_state_init;
     mc->default_cpu_type = TYPE_RISCV_CPU_SHAKTI_C;
     mc->valid_cpu_types = valid_cpu_types;
+    mc->deprecation_reason = "Currently unmaintained with no known users";
     mc->default_ram_id = "riscv.shakti.c.ram";
 }
 
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