Re: [PATCH] STM32F100: support different density lines

[Alistair Francis]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 1:43 PM Lucas C. Villa Real <lucas@osdyne.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:30 PM Alistair Francis <alistair23@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> > +
>> > +    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "density", stm32f100_get_density,
>> > +        stm32f100_set_density);
>> > +    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "density",
>> > +        "Set the STM32F100 density line device. "
>> > +        "Valid values are 'low', 'medium', and 'high' (default).");
>> >  }
>>
>> This should be split into a separate commit from adding the machine
>
>
> Ok, I'll do that.
>
>>
>> Isn't this exactly the same as the stm32vldiscovery board? Which is
>> already very similar to the netduino2 machine. I'm not sure we need
>> another machine.
>>
>> It could make more sense to deprecate the stm32vldiscovery machine and
>> replace it with this generic one. At least we could keep everything in
>> the one file and reuse a lot of the code.
>
>
> What is the protocol for deprecating a machine? Should I just submit a patch 
> that removes it along with the corresponding entry in the MAINTAINERS file? 
> Should I coordinate that offline with the maintainer of the machine that's to 
> be retired?

There is an official deprecation policy:
https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/about/deprecated.html#deprecated-features

The board will be listed as deprecated for two releases and then removed.

Alistair

>
> Thanks,
> Lucas