Re: [PATCH-for-9.1] target/riscv: Remove the deprecated 'any' CPU type

The 'any' CPU is deprecated since commit f57d5f8004b ("target/riscv: deprecate the 'any' CPU type"). Users are better off using the default CPUs or the 'max' CPU. Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd(a)linaro.org&gt; --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 ------------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ target/riscv/cpu-qom.h | 1 - target/riscv/cpu.c | 28 ---------------------------- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 88f0f037865..0ac49b15b44 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -347,19 +347,6 @@ QEMU's ``vhost`` feature, which would eliminate the high latency costs under which the 9p ``proxy`` backend currently suffers. However as of to date nobody has indicated plans for such kind of reimplementation unfortunately. -RISC-V 'any' CPU type ``-cpu any`` (since 8.2) -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -The 'any' CPU type was introduced back in 2018 and has been around since the -initial RISC-V QEMU port. Its usage has always been unclear: users don't know -what to expect from a CPU called 'any', and in fact the CPU does not do anything -special that isn't already done by the default CPUs rv32/rv64. - -After the introduction of the 'max' CPU type, RISC-V now has a good coverage -of generic CPUs: rv32 and rv64 as default CPUs and 'max' as a feature complete -CPU for both 32 and 64 bit builds. Users are then discouraged to use the 'any' -CPU type starting in 8.2. - RISC-V CPU properties which start with capital 'Z' (since 8.2) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index fc7b28e6373..f3e9474a73e 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -850,6 +850,14 @@ The RISC-V no MMU cpus have been removed. The two CPUs: ``rv32imacu-nommu`` and ``rv64imacu-nommu`` can no longer be used. Instead the MMU status can be specified via the CPU ``mmu`` option when using the ``rv32`` or ``rv64`` CPUs. +RISC-V 'any' CPU type ``-cpu any`` (removed in 9.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

+ +The 'any' CPU type was introduced back in 2018 and was around since the +initial RISC-V QEMU port. Its usage was always been unclear: users don't know +what to expect from a CPU called 'any', and in fact the CPU does not do anything +special that isn't already done by the default CPUs rv32/rv64.