Re: [PATCH 2/6] docs: remove qemu-traditional support from documentation

[Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 27.03.25 08:00, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 26.03.2025 17:04, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > @@ -1903,10 +1894,7 @@ it may be useful to request a different one, like UEFI.
> >   
> >   =item B<rombios>
> >   
> > -Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS. This is used by default
> > -when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is the only BIOS
> > -option supported when B<device_model_version=qemu-xen-traditional>. This is
> > -the BIOS used by all previous Xen versions.
> > +Loads ROMBIOS, a 16-bit x86 compatible BIOS.
> Is this doc (and the option itself) still useful without qemut? qemuu doesn't
> use it, I don't think?
>
> > @@ -74,7 +71,6 @@ ov=4.0
> >   Ensure references to qemu trees and Mini-OS in xen.git's Config.mk are 
> > updated.
> >   The variables and there content should be:
> >     * QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION: qemu-xen-X.Y.0
> > -  * QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION: xen-X.Y.0
> >     * MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION: xen-RELEASE-X.Y.0
> >   Where X.Y is the release version (e.g. 4.17).
> Especially for this piece of information I'm unconvinced it can plausibly be
> removed ahead of removing the respective data from Config.mk.
>
> > @@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ t=RELEASE-$r
> >   
> >   * change xen-unstable Config.mk
> >   #   QEMU_UPSTREAM_REVISION,
> > -#   QEMU_TRADITIONAL_REVISION
> >   #   MINIOS_UPSTREAM_REVISION
> >   #     (drop any references to the specific commits, e.g. date or title)
> Same here then.
I can move those 2 changes to the patch removing the data from Config.mk.


Juergen

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