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X-Spam_score: -3.1 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.341, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development 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 @nutanix.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1787323931014158500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The version property used to specify the IOAPIC version was originally set = to 0x11 when it was first introduced, but has been set to 0x20 since v2.8. Sin= ce all machines before to v4.2 have now been removed, this parameter is no lon= ger required so mark it as deprecated pending future removal. Signed-off-by: Mark Cave-Ayland --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) Following on from the discussion at https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu= -devel/2025-05/msg03027.html it was suggested that the ioapic version property should be deprecated. A p= atch to deprecate the property was proposed at https://patchew.org/QEMU/20260210032348.987549-1-z= hao1.liu@intel.com/20260210032348.987549-18-zhao1.liu@intel.com/ but was never merged. In the context of Khushit's patch at https://patchew.org/QEMU/2026080409182= 7.3203086-1-khushit.shah@nutanix.com/ it makes sense to formally deprecate the ioapic version property. diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 0c656a968f..bfe7240040 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ the addition of volatile memory support, it is now nec= essary to distinguish between persistent and volatile memory backends. As such, memdev is depre= cated in favor of persistent-memdev. =20 +``ioapic.version=3Dxxxx`` (since 11.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``ioapic`` device ``version`` property configures the IOAPIC version f= or x86 +machines and is typically set from the command line using +``-global`` as it is an in-built device. It was originally set to 0x11 but= since +version 2.8 all x86 machines have defaulted to using 0x20. As all machines= prior +to v4.2 have now been removed, this property is no longer required. Deprec= ate the +``ioapic`` device ``version`` property so that it can be removed in a futu= re QEMU +release. =20 RISC-V CPU properties which start with capital 'Z' (since 8.2) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --=20 2.43.0