From ed95bdd1e52a0a5f4f8e07468f6c1aa766efc4f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9dric=20Le=20Goater?= Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 14:33:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hw/ppc: Deprecate 'ref405ep' machine and 405 CPUs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 = {