[PATCH] docs/about: Deprecate the "mainstone", "tosa" and "z2" machines

[Thomas Huth]

Support for these boards has been removed from the Linux kernel
in version 6.3 in 2023, so there are likely no users left for these
boards. Time to mark them as deprecated in QEMU, too!

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++
 hw/arm/mainstone.c        | 1 +
 hw/arm/tosa.c             | 1 +
 hw/arm/z2.c               | 1 +
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 8565644da6..da5cc91eec 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ to correct issues, mostly regarding migration 
compatibility. These are
 no longer maintained and removing them will make the code easier to
 read and maintain. Use versions 2.12 and above as a replacement.
 
+``mainstone``, ``tosa`` and ``z2`` PXA2xx arm machines (since 9.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Support for these boards has been removed from the Linux kernel
+in version 6.3 in 2023, so there are likely no users left for these
+boards, thus they will be removed without replacement.
+
+
 Backend options
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/hw/arm/mainstone.c b/hw/arm/mainstone.c
index d2e2e68aa3..c6018c6e81 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mainstone.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mainstone.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static void mainstone2_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->init = mainstone_init;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
     mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("pxa270-c5");
+    mc->deprecation_reason = "machine is old and has no more Linux kernel 
support";
 }
 
 DEFINE_MACHINE("mainstone", mainstone2_machine_init)
diff --git a/hw/arm/tosa.c b/hw/arm/tosa.c
index 3ca2e4459c..9241867ba9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/tosa.c
+++ b/hw/arm/tosa.c
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static void tosapda_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->init = tosa_init;
     mc->block_default_type = IF_IDE;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
+    mc->deprecation_reason = "machine is old and has no more Linux kernel 
support";
 }
 
 DEFINE_MACHINE("tosa", tosapda_machine_init)
diff --git a/hw/arm/z2.c b/hw/arm/z2.c
index eb2ff8dbc8..c7c26bd726 100644
--- a/hw/arm/z2.c
+++ b/hw/arm/z2.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ static void z2_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
     mc->init = z2_init;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
     mc->default_cpu_type = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("pxa270-c5");
+    mc->deprecation_reason = "machine is old and has no more Linux kernel 
support";
 
     machine_add_audiodev_property(mc);
 }
-- 
2.44.0