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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: mark ppc/prep machine as d
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Mark Cave-Ayland |
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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: mark ppc/prep machine as deprecated |
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Sat, 11 Aug 2018 07:17:57 +0100 |
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On 10/08/18 23:46, 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(+)
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> 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.
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> 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
Acked-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <address@hidden>
ATB,
Mark.