Re: Let's remove some deprecated stuff

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 4/29/21 11:59 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> If you're cc'ed, you added a section to docs/system/deprecated.rst that
> is old enough to permit removal.  This is *not* a demand to remove, it's
> a polite request to consider whether the time for removal has come.
> Extra points for telling us in a reply.  "We should remove, but I can't
> do it myself right now" is a valid answer.  Let's review the file:

>     Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (since 5.2)
>     '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> 
>     The Raspberry Pi machines come in various models (A, A+, B, B+). To be 
> able
>     to distinguish which model QEMU is implementing, the ``raspi2`` and 
> ``raspi3``
>     machines have been renamed ``raspi2b`` and ``raspi3b``.

Done:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-05/msg00492.html

>     nanoMIPS ISA
>     ''''''''''''
> 
>     The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler toolchain.
>     As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated.

MediaTek said they want to contribute and are in the process of
upstreaming nanoMIPS toolchains, so we'll keep it in this state
until the next release.

Thanks for the reminders,

Phil.