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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: mark ppc/prep machine as deprecated
From: |
David Gibson |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: mark ppc/prep machine as deprecated |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:57:44 +1000 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 12:46:45AM +0200, Hervé Poussineau wrote:
> 40p machine type should be used instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hervé Poussineau <address@hidden>
> ---
> qemu-deprecated.texi | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi
> index 9920a85adc..9c7ff3fe2d 100644
> --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi
> +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi
> @@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ support page sizes < 4096 any longer.
> These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live
> migration
> from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
>
> address@hidden prep (PowerPC) (since 3.1)
> +
> +This machine type uses an unmaintained firmware, broken in lots of ways,
> +and unable to start post-2004 operating systems. 40p machine type should be
> +used instead.
> +
> @section Device options
>
> @subsection Block device options
Applied to ppc-for-3.1, thanks.
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