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Diffstat (limited to 'include/hw/boards.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/hw/boards.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h index 187ed76..ef6f18f 100644 --- a/include/hw/boards.h +++ b/include/hw/boards.h @@ -686,11 +686,28 @@ struct MachineState { * suitable period of time has passed, it will cause * execution of the method to return, avoiding registration * of the machine + * + * The new deprecation and deletion policy for versioned + * machine types was introduced in QEMU 9.1.0. + * + * Under the new policy a number of old machine types (any + * prior to 2.12) would be liable for immediate deletion + * which would be a violation of our historical deprecation + * and removal policy + * + * Thus deletions are temporarily gated on existance of + * the env variable "QEMU_DELETE_MACHINES" / QEMU version + * number >= 10.1.0. This gate can be deleted in the 10.1.0 + * dev cycle */ #define MACHINE_VER_DELETION(...) \ do { \ if (MACHINE_VER_SHOULD_DELETE(__VA_ARGS__)) { \ - return; \ + if (getenv("QEMU_DELETE_MACHINES") || \ + QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR > 10 || (QEMU_VERSION_MAJOR == 10 && \ + QEMU_VERSION_MINOR >= 1)) { \ + return; \ + } \ } \ } while (0) |