Re: [PATCH 02/21] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35-2.4 and pc-i440fx-2.4 machines

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 12:22:28AM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> These machines has been supported for a period of more than 6 years.
> According to our versioned machine support policy (see commit
> ce80c4fa6ff "docs: document special exception for machine type
> deprecation & removal") they can now be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
> ---
>  docs/about/removed-features.rst |  4 ++++
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c               | 13 -------------
>  hw/i386/pc_q35.c                | 13 -------------
>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

I'll give this:

  Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

on the basis that this patch series isn't added to a PULL until
the 10.1.0 dev cycle opens.

> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> index c6616ce05e5..e4bdb385a25 100644
> --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst
> @@ -1012,6 +1012,10 @@ This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
>  These machine types were very old and likely could not be used for live
>  migration from old QEMU versions anymore. Use a newer machine type instead.
>  
> +``pc-q35-2.4`` and `pc-i440fx-2.4` (removed in 10.0)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +This versioned machine has been supported for a period of more than 6 years.
> +
>  Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (removed in 6.2)
>  ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>

We might be able to drop chunk this depending on discussion around
Thomas' general docs patch


With regards,
Daniel
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