On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 00:07:30 +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
This device duplicate the SPI mode of the sd-card device. The
SPI protocol is better handler in the sd-card, however as the
TYPE_SSI_SLAVE is not an interface, the sd-card can not implement
it easily to be pluggable on a SPI bus. Meanwhile the ssi-sd
device acts as a bridge, but is bitroting. Deprecate it.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug(a)amsat.org>
---
docs/system/deprecated.rst | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index 47f84be8e0..5e67d7f3e0 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -343,6 +343,11 @@ The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use
'ide-hd' or
The 'scsi-disk' device is deprecated. Users should use 'scsi-hd' or
'scsi-cd' as appropriate to get a SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
+``ssi-sd`` (since 5.1)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The 'ssi-sd' (SSI to SD card adapter) device is deprecated.
libvirt didn't allow configuring this device yet, so from our view it's
okay to remove it.
ACKed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com>