[PULL,01/41] docs/about: Change notes on x86 machine type deprecation into a general one

Commit Message

Michael S. Tsirkin Feb. 21, 2025, 12:22 p.m. UTC

From: Thomas Huth <[e-mail]>

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 <[e-mail]>
Message-Id: <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[e-mail]>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst       |  7 -------
 docs/about/removed-features.rst | 11 +++++------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Patch

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)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''