On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 at 15:21, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Since commit aa35ec2213b ("hw/arm/raspi: Use more specific
> machine names") the raspi2/raspi3 machines have been renamed
> as raspi2b/raspi3b.
>
> Note, rather than the raspi3b, the raspi3ap introduced in
> commit 5be94252d34 ("hw/arm/raspi: Add the Raspberry Pi 3
> model A+") is a closer match to what QEMU models, but only
> provides 512 MB of RAM.
>
> As more Raspberry Pi 2/3 models are emulated, in order
> to avoid confusion, deprecate the raspi2/raspi3 machine
> aliases.
>
> ACKed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> docs/system/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index d98464098f5..d1bc03d7e61 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ This machine has been renamed ``fuloong2e``.
> These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
> from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
>
> +Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (since 5.2)
> +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The Raspberry Pi machines come in various models (A, A+, B, B+). To be able
> +to distinct which model is used, the ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines have
"to distinguish which model QEMU is implementing"
> +been respectively renamed ``raspi2b`` and ``raspi3b``.
"been renamed ``raspi2b`` and ``raspi3b`` respectively"
(or just drop 'respectively' altogether and assume the reader can
figure out which is which ;-))
Otherwise
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@xxxxxxxxxx>
thanks
-- PMM
