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-rw-r--r--docs/about/deprecated.rst9
-rw-r--r--docs/system/target-sparc.rst12
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diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 7b8aafa15b..03f8b1b655 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ in the QEMU object model anymore. ``power5+``, ``power5+_v2.1``,
 an alias, but for consistency these will get removed in a future
 release, too. Use ``power5p_v2.1`` and ``power7p_v2.1`` instead.
 
+``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi+`` and ``Sun-UltraSparc-IV+`` CPU names (since 9.1)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The character "+" in device (and thus also CPU) names is not allowed
+in the QEMU object model anymore. ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi+`` and
+``Sun-UltraSparc-IV+`` are currently still supported via a workaround,
+but for consistency these will get removed in a future release, too.
+Use ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi-plus`` and ``Sun-UltraSparc-IV-plus`` instead.
+
 CRIS CPU architecture (since 9.0)
 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/docs/system/target-sparc.rst b/docs/system/target-sparc.rst
index 9ec8c90c14..4116cac493 100644
--- a/docs/system/target-sparc.rst
+++ b/docs/system/target-sparc.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ architecture machines:
 The emulation is somewhat complete. SMP up to 16 CPUs is supported, but
 Linux limits the number of usable CPUs to 4.
 
+The list of available CPUs can be viewed by starting QEMU with ``-cpu help``.
+Optional boolean features can be added with a "+" in front of the feature name,
+or disabled with a "-" in front of the name, for example
+``-cpu TI-SuperSparc-II,+float128``.
+
 QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
 
 -  IOMMU
@@ -55,8 +60,5 @@ OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable firmware implementation. The goal
 is to implement a 100% IEEE 1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware)
 compliant firmware.
 
-A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on the
-QEMU web site. There are still issues with NetBSD and OpenBSD, but most
-kernel versions work. Please note that currently older Solaris kernels
-don't work probably due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and
-Solaris.
+Please note that currently older Solaris kernels don't work; this is probably
+due to interface issues between OpenBIOS and Solaris.