Re: [PATCH 0/2] ppc: Rename power5+ and power7+ for the new QOM naming rules

[Thomas Huth]

On 12/01/2024 13.48, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 17:46:50 +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
> > We can get rid of the "power5+" / "power7+" hack in qom/object.c
> > by using CPU aliases for those names instead (first patch).
> >
> > I think in the long run, we should get rid of the names with a "+"
> > in it completely, so the second patch suggests to deprecate those,
> > but I'd also be fine if we keep the aliases around, so in that case
> > please ignore the second patch.
> >
> > Thomas Huth (2):
> >    target/ppc/cpu-models: Rename power5+ and power7+ for new QOM naming
> >      rules
> >    docs/about: Deprecate the old "power5+" and "power7+" CPU names
>
> libvirt seems to be explicitly referencing power7+ in the code, so I
> guess we'll need code to translate the + versions to the spellt-out
> version to preserve compatibility.

If it's too cumbersome, we could also keep the alias enabled in QEMU, i.e. 
drop the second patch...?

 Thomas