From 704db3e250f5c646b3f51bfc7975b66b0f47d767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9dric=20Le=20Goater?= Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:24:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] aspeed: Deprecate the fby35 machine MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There are no functional tests for the 'fby35' machine which makes harder to determine when something becomes deprecated or unused. The 'fby35' machine was originally added as an example of a multi-SoC system, with the expectation the models would evolve over time in an heterogeneous system. This hasn't happened and no public firmware is available to boot it. It can be replaced by the 'ast2700fc', another multi-SoC machine based on the newer AST2700 SoCs which are excepted to receive better support in the future. Cc: Peter Delevoryas Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater Message-ID: <20251126102424.927527-1-clg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 ++++++++++++- hw/arm/fby35.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 9386cffba2..ac31a2bce4 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -308,13 +308,24 @@ I2C devices connected to the board can be defined via the QEMU command line. Arm ``fp5280g2-bmc`` machine (since 10.2) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The ``fp5280g2-bmc`` machine does not rely on any specific device models, it can be replaced by the ``ast2500-evb`` machine using the ``fmc-model`` option to specify the flash type. The I2C devices connected to the board can be defined via the QEMU command line. +Arm ``fby35`` machine (since 10.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``fby35`` machine was originally added as an example of a +multi-SoC system, with the expectation the models would evolve over +time in an heterogeneous system. This hasn't happened and no public +firmware is available to boot it. It can be replaced by the +``ast2700fc``, another multi-SoC machine based on the newer AST2700 +SoCs which are excepted to receive better support in the future. + + RISC-V default machine option (since 10.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/hw/arm/fby35.c b/hw/arm/fby35.c index 70d3a99d79..e61a6438fe 100644 --- a/hw/arm/fby35.c +++ b/hw/arm/fby35.c @@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static void fby35_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data) MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc); mc->desc = "Meta Platforms fby35"; + mc->deprecation_reason = "For a multi-soc machine, use 'ast2700fc' instead"; mc->init = fby35_init; mc->no_floppy = 1; mc->no_cdrom = 1;