The ref405ep machine is scheduled for removal in QEMU 10.0. Keep the 405 CPU implementation for a while because it is theoretically possible to model the power management (OCC) co-processor found on the IBM POWER [8-11] processors.
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <c...@redhat.com> --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index db9edfc24a0c..89b01779df04 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ in the QEMU object model anymore. ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi+`` and but for consistency these will get removed in a future release, too. Use ``Sun-UltraSparc-IIIi-plus`` and ``Sun-UltraSparc-IV-plus`` instead. +PPC 405 CPUs (since 10.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The PPC 405 CPU has no known users and the ``ref405ep`` machine was +removed in QEMU 10.0. Since the IBM POWER [8-11] processors uses an +embedded 405 for power management (OCC) and other internal tasks, it +is theoretically possible to use QEMU to model them. Let's keep the +CPU implementation for a while before removing all support. + System emulator machines ------------------------ -- 2.48.1
