Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 05:45:30PM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
> > It could be changed to something like this:
> >
> >   Supported machines are:
> >   pc-i440fx-2.9        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.8        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.3        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc                   Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of 
> > pc-i440fx-2.10)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.10       Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-2.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-1.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-1.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-1.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-i440fx-1.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-1.3               Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> >   pc-q35-2.9           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   pc-q35-2.8           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   pc-q35-2.7           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   pc-q35-2.6           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   pc-q35-2.5           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   pc-q35-2.4           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   q35                  Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-2.10)
> >   pc-q35-2.10          Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
> >   isapc                ISA-only PC
> >   none                 empty machine
> >
> >   Deprecated machines: pc-1.2, pc-1.1, pc-1.0, pc-0.15, pc-0.14, pc-0.13,
> >                        pc-0.12, pc-0.11, pc-0.10.
> 
> I'd add "(deprecated)" to the existing lines instead.  Probably simpler
> to code, because it's consistent with the existing format.

That would be good enough to me, and probably a one-line patch.
My intention was to hide the deprecated machines in a corner,
separated from the "Supported machines" list.

-- 
Eduardo