Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs/about: Deprecate the old "power5+" and "power7+" CPU names

For consistency we should drop the names with a "+" in it in the long run. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 2e15040246..7fdd2239b4 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -245,6 +245,15 @@ Nios II CPU (since 8.2) The Nios II architecture is orphan. The ``nios2`` guest CPU support is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of QEMU. +``power5+`` and ``power7+`` CPU names (since 9.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The character "+" in device (and thus also CPU) names is not allowed +in the QEMU object model anymore. ``power5+``, ``power5+_v2.1``, +``power7+`` and ``power7+_v2.1`` are currently still supported via +an alias, but for consistency these will get removed in a future +release, too. Use ``power5plus_v2.1`` and ``power7plus_v2.1`` instead. + System emulator machines ------------------------