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diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index dfd681cd02..0d074d1b29 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -245,6 +245,21 @@ to correct issues, mostly regarding migration compatibility. These are no longer maintained and removing them will make the code easier to read and maintain. Use versions 2.12 and above as a replacement. +Arm machines ``akita``, ``borzoi``, ``cheetah``, ``connex``, ``mainstone``, ``n800``, ``n810``, ``spitz``, ``terrier``, ``tosa``, ``verdex``, ``z2`` (since 9.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +QEMU includes models of some machine types where the QEMU code that +emulates their SoCs is very old and unmaintained. This code is now +blocking our ability to move forward with various changes across +the codebase, and over many years nobody has been interested in +trying to modernise it. We don't expect any of these machines to have +a large number of users, because they're all modelling hardware that +has now passed away into history. We are therefore dropping support +for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also +dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any +test images for it and don't know of anybody who does; the ``sx1`` +and ``sx1-v1`` OMAP1 machines remain supported for now. + Backend options --------------- |