From: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; We now have a general note about versioned machine types getting deprecated and removed at the beginning of the deprecated.rst file, so we should also have a general note about this in removed-features.rst (which will also apply to versioned non-x86 machine types) instead of listing individual old machine types in the document. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; Message-Id: <20250116064644.65670-1-thuth(a)redhat.com&gt; Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu(a)intel.com&gt; Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com&gt; Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 ------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 11 +++++------ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 4a3c302962..7b42d6eecc 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -236,13 +236,6 @@ deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name better reflects the way this property affects all random data within the device tree blob, not just the ``kaslr-seed`` node. -``pc-i440fx-2.4`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.12`` (since 9.1) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -These old machine types are quite neglected nowadays and thus might have -various pitfalls with regards to live migration. Use a newer machine type -instead. - PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index c6616ce05e..156c0c253c 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ from Linux in 2021, and is not supported anymore by QEMU either. System emulator machines ------------------------ +Note: Versioned machine types that have been introduced in a QEMU version +that has initially been released more than 6 years before are considered +obsolete and will be removed without further notice in this document. +Please use newer machine types instead. + ``s390-virtio`` (removed in 2.6) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -1006,12 +1011,6 @@ mips ``fulong2e`` machine alias (removed in 6.0) This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``. -``pc-0.10`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.3`` (removed in 4.0 up to 9.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -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. - Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (removed in 6.2) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -- MST