Re: [PATCH v4 01/22] hw/i386/pc: Deprecate 2.4 to 2.12 pc-i440fx machines

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 08:59:17PM +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Similarly to the commit c7437f0ddb "docs/about: Mark the
> old pc-i440fx-2.0 - 2.3 machine types as deprecated",
> deprecate the 2.4 to 2.12 machines.
> 
> Suggested-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 4 ++--
>  hw/i386/pc_piix.c         | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

FWIW, this patch is potentially obsolete if we go with enforcing a
general deprecation policy for all versioned machines:

  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2024-05/msg00084.html

If this series merges first though, that's fine. My proposal can
easily be rebased on top of this.

> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 7b548519b5..47234da329 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ 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-2.0`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.3`` (since 8.2)
> -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +``pc-i440fx-2.0`` up to ``pc-i440fx-2.3`` (since 8.2) and ``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
> diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> index 18ba076609..817d99c0ce 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
> @@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(v3_0, "pc-i440fx-3.0", NULL,
>  static void pc_i440fx_2_12_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
>  {
>      pc_i440fx_3_0_machine_options(m);
> +    m->deprecation_reason = "old and unattended - use a newer version instead";
>      compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_2_12, hw_compat_2_12_len);
>      compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_2_12, pc_compat_2_12_len);
>  }
> @@ -832,7 +833,6 @@ static void pc_i440fx_2_3_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
>  {
>      pc_i440fx_2_4_machine_options(m);
>      m->hw_version = "2.3.0";
> -    m->deprecation_reason = "old and unattended - use a newer version instead";
>      compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_2_3, hw_compat_2_3_len);
>      compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_2_3, pc_compat_2_3_len);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.41.0
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Daniel
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