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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to p
From: |
Michael S. Tsirkin |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2 |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:17:55 +0300 |
On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:51:21AM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 10:22:33AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > We don't want to carry along old machine types forever. If we are able to
> > remove the pc machines up to 0.13 one day for example, this would allow
> > us to eventually kill the code for rombar=0 (i.e. where QEMU copies ROM
> > BARs directly to low memory). Everything up to pc-1.2 is also known to
> > have issues with migration. So let's start with a deprecation message
> > for the old machine types so that the (hopefully) few users of these old
> > systems start switching over to newer machine types instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
>
> Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
>
> I suggest changing "-machine help" too. Today it looks 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-1.2 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-1.1 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-1.0 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.15 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.14 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.13 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.12 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.11 Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
> pc-0.10 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
Any chance we can sort them reasonably too?
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Eduardo
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Thomas Huth, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Gerd Hoffmann, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2,
Michael S. Tsirkin <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Laszlo Ersek, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2017/07/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Eduardo Habkost, 2017/07/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Laszlo Ersek, 2017/07/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] hw/i386: Deprecate the machines pc-0.10 to pc-1.2, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2017/07/13