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

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

Hi Thomas,

On 8/3/24 11:42, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 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   no longer maintained and removing them will make the code easier to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.

While Linux host support makes sense for code removal, guest
support isn't relevant IMHO. I.e. you can still run U-boot
or any guest code you fancy, like my-first-rtos.

(I noticed Peter want a more generic removal)