Re: [PATCH 1/2] pc_piix: remove pc-i440fx-1.4 up to pc-i440fx-1.7

2023-09-22 Thread Thomas Huth
On 22/09/2023 11.19, Paolo Bonzini wrote: Il ven 22 set 2023, 08:43 Thomas Huth > ha scritto: While you're at it ... do we maybe want to start deprecating the next batch of machine types already? (Say pc-i440fx-2.0 up to pc-i440fx-2.2 maybe?) It depends on

Re: [PATCH 1/2] pc_piix: remove pc-i440fx-1.4 up to pc-i440fx-1.7

2023-09-22 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il ven 22 set 2023, 08:43 Thomas Huth ha scritto: > > While you're at it ... do we maybe want to start deprecating the next > batch > of machine types already? (Say pc-i440fx-2.0 up to pc-i440fx-2.2 maybe?) > It depends on the benefit. We would have to check the compat options that are not neede

Re: [PATCH 1/2] pc_piix: remove pc-i440fx-1.4 up to pc-i440fx-1.7

2023-09-21 Thread Thomas Huth
On 21/09/2023 14.10, Paolo Bonzini wrote: These are the last users of the 128K SeaBIOS blob in the i440FX family. Removing them allows us to drop PCI support from the 128K blob, thus making it easier to update SeaBIOS to newer versions. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.r

[PATCH 1/2] pc_piix: remove pc-i440fx-1.4 up to pc-i440fx-1.7

2023-09-21 Thread Paolo Bonzini
These are the last users of the 128K SeaBIOS blob in the i440FX family. Removing them allows us to drop PCI support from the 128K blob, thus making it easier to update SeaBIOS to newer versions. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 docs/about/removed-fe