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

[Peter Krempa]

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.