On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 at 12:19, Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On 29/04/2021 11.59, Markus Armbruster wrote: > > If you're cc'ed, you added a section to docs/system/deprecated.rst that > > is old enough to permit removal. This is *not* a demand to remove, it's > > a polite request to consider whether the time for removal has come. > > Extra points for telling us in a reply. "We should remove, but I can't > > do it myself right now" is a valid answer. Let's review the file: > [...] > > Thomas Huth: > > > > ``moxie`` CPU (since 5.2.0) > > ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > > The ``moxie`` guest CPU support is deprecated and will be removed in > > a future version of QEMU. It's unclear whether anybody is still using > > CPU emulation in QEMU, and there are no test images available to make > > sure that the code is still working. > > I'm fine with dropping moxie now - I've never seen anybody using it and I've > never spotted any binaries in the internet that could still be used for > regression testing of this target. And I've also put Anthony Green on CC: > when I suggested the deprecation and he never replied. So I think it's > really completely unused. > > > ``lm32`` CPUs (since 5.2.0) > > ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > > The ``lm32`` guest CPU support is deprecated and will be removed in > > a future version of QEMU. The only public user of this architecture > > was the milkymist project, which has been dead for years; there was > > never an upstream Linux port. > > > > ``unicore32`` CPUs (since 5.2.0) > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > > > The ``unicore32`` guest CPU support is deprecated and will be removed > > in > > a future version of QEMU. Support for this CPU was removed from the > > upstream Linux kernel, and there is no available upstream toolchain > > to build binaries for it. > > I didn't add these two entries to the deprecation list, I just moved them > around since they were in the wrong section. Both have been added by Peter > instead (commit d8498005122 and 8e4ff4a8d2b)
Yes, I think moxie, lm32 and unicore32 are all OK to drop now. -- PMM
