From patchwork Tue May 7 12:33:32 2024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: =?utf-8?q?C=C3=A9dric_Le_Goater?= X-Patchwork-Id: 13656786 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58E65C10F1A for ; Tue, 7 May 2024 12:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s4K0t-00020z-Hg; Tue, 07 May 2024 08:33:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s4K0r-0001wV-EJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2024 08:33:41 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s4K0p-0002UF-FQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 May 2024 08:33:40 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1715085218; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3KDgg8Tm2RoVfUEeXI9vsAszwp2V0JXK8sCDw5AO3ns=; b=K++0tgudzlMmYdzliA4dN2a0U+SG3ck4N8gJmedUMeruh3j5hVmOEjB9YKPx1tGRJXAMH+ NiBgFTungcJ9d8DFTUHtcoadgobeW3dZk5nySTKL1UukkGvt4yI1UCP85l/yYLBRN1GNhi hrlXEGMwwypaH0Nwpdl7QD2lnTzgDY0= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-595-5uAL17G9MKWmrTbMUAmB9Q-1; Tue, 07 May 2024 08:33:35 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 5uAL17G9MKWmrTbMUAmB9Q-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 122D0802E42; Tue, 7 May 2024 12:33:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from corto.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.11]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 071F22022F10; Tue, 7 May 2024 12:33:33 +0000 (UTC) From: =?utf-8?q?C=C3=A9dric_Le_Goater?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, Thomas Huth , Nicholas Piggin , =?utf-8?q?C=C3=A9dric_Le_Goater?= Subject: [PATCH v2] ppc: Deprecate 'ref405ep' machine and 405 CPUs Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 14:33:32 +0200 Message-ID: <20240507123332.641708-1-clg@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.4 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=clg@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -26 X-Spam_score: -2.7 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.581, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable 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 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 --- v2: fixed header line 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 03f8b1b655e071432ecd9decf61e194821d06928..e22acb17f296362509a3e143ba61bafd210a6c91 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 4092ebc1ab59de14b66ebad2be7eb019faf45db1..c44e7ed162fae5ec884ba4e458138f84430a8460 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 = {