[PATCH v2 2/2] docs/about: Deprecate the old "power5+" and "power7+" CPU names

[Thomas Huth]

For consistency we should drop the names with a "+" in it in the
long run.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index b47763330c..251723d264 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ Nios II CPU (since 8.2)
 The Nios II architecture is orphan. The ``nios2`` guest CPU support is
 deprecated and will be removed in a future version of QEMU.
 
+``power5+`` and ``power7+`` CPU names (since 9.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The character "+" in device (and thus also CPU) names is not allowed
+in the QEMU object model anymore. ``power5+``, ``power5+_v2.1``,
+``power7+`` and ``power7+_v2.1`` are currently still supported via
+an alias, but for consistency these will get removed in a future
+release, too. Use ``power5p_v2.1`` and ``power7p_v2.1`` instead.
+
 
 System emulator machines
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