Re: [PATCH v4 00/27] hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated 2.6 and 2.7 PC machines

On Thu, 8 May 2025 15:35:23 +0200 Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd(a)linaro.org&gt; wrote: > Since v3: > - Addressed Thomas and Zhao review comments > - Rename fw_cfg_init_mem_[no]dma() helpers > - Remove unused CPU properties > - Remove {multi,linux}boot.bin > - Added R-b tags > > Since v2: > - Addressed Mark review comments and added his R-b tags > > The versioned 'pc' and 'q35' machines up to 2.12 been marked > as deprecated two releases ago, and are older than 6 years, > so according to our support policy we can remove them. > > This series only includes the 2.6 and 2.7 machines removal, > as it is a big enough number of LoC removed. Rest will > follow. CCing libvirt folks series removes some properties that has been used as compat knobs with 2.6/2.7 machine types that are being removed. However libvirt might still use them, please check if being removed properties are safe to remove as is | should be deprecated 1st | should be left alone from an immediate user perspective.

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