Re: [PATCH-for-9.1 16/18] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-i440fx-2.3 machine

[Thomas Huth]

On 05/03/2024 14.42, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> The pc-i440fx-2.3 machine was deprecated for the 8.2
> release (see commit c7437f0ddb "docs/about: Mark the
> old pc-i440fx-2.0 - 2.3 machine types as deprecated"),
> time to remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst       |  7 -------
>   docs/about/removed-features.rst |  2 +-
>   hw/i386/pc.c                    | 25 -------------------------
>   hw/i386/pc_piix.c               | 20 --------------------
>   4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 53 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 84c82d85e1..78be35e42a 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -221,13 +221,6 @@ 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.
>   
> -``pc-i440fx-2.3`` (since 8.2)
> -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> -
> -This old machine type is quite neglected nowadays and thus might have
> -various pitfalls with regards to live migration. Use a newer machine type
> -instead.

Instead of removing this section, could you please change it to deprecate 
the next set of old PC machine types here (say 2.4 - 2.7 or so)?

 Thanks,
  Thomas