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[176.184.10.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d12-20020a17090648cc00b00a59a874136fsm5744899ejt.214.2024.05.08.10.46.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Wed, 08 May 2024 10:46:44 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: =?utf-8?q?C=C3=A9dric_Le_Goater?= , Nicholas Piggin , =?utf-8?q?Philippe_Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Subject: [PULL 17/26] hw/ppc: Deprecate 'ref405ep' machine and 405 CPUs Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 19:45:01 +0200 Message-ID: <20240508174510.60470-18-philmd@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.41.0 In-Reply-To: <20240508174510.60470-1-philmd@linaro.org> References: <20240508174510.60470-1-philmd@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::62d; envelope-from=philmd@linaro.org; helo=mail-ej1-x62d.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org From: Cédric Le Goater The 'ref405ep' machine and PPC 405 CPU have no known users, firmware images are not available, OpenWRT dropped support in 2019, U-Boot in 2017, Linux also is dropping support in 2024. It is time to let go of this ancient hardware and focus on newer CPUs and platforms. Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin Message-ID: <20240507123332.641708-1-clg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++ hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 03f8b1b655..e22acb17f2 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any test images for it and don't know of anybody who does; the ``sx1`` and ``sx1-v1`` OMAP1 machines remain supported for now. +PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``ref405ep`` machine and PPC 405 CPU have no known users, firmware +images are not available, OpenWRT dropped support in 2019, U-Boot in +2017, Linux also is dropping support in 2024. It is time to let go of +this ancient hardware and focus on newer CPUs and platforms. + Backend options --------------- diff --git a/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c b/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c index 4092ebc1ab..c44e7ed162 100644 --- a/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c +++ b/hw/ppc/ppc405_boards.c @@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ static void ppc405_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data) mc->init = ppc405_init; mc->default_ram_size = 128 * MiB; mc->default_ram_id = "ppc405.ram"; + mc->deprecation_reason = "machine is old and unmaintained"; } static const TypeInfo ppc405_machine_type = {