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[PATCH v7 7/7] mac_newworld: Document deprecation


From: BALATON Zoltan
Subject: [PATCH v7 7/7] mac_newworld: Document deprecation
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 22:59:42 +0100 (CET)

Also update PowerMac family docs with some more recent info.

Signed-off-by: BALATON Zoltan <balaton@eik.bme.hu>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst    |  7 +++++++
 docs/system/ppc/powermac.rst | 12 ++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 93affe3669..07661af7fe 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ These old machine types are quite neglected nowadays and 
thus might have
 various pitfalls with regards to live migration. Use a newer machine type
 instead.
 
+``mac99`` variants other than the default qemu-system-ppc version (since 7.2)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``mac99`` machine emulates different hardware depending on using
+qemu-system-ppc64 or ``via`` property. To avoid confusion new machine
+types has been added for these variants which are now preferred over
+``mac99``.
 
 Backend options
 ---------------
diff --git a/docs/system/ppc/powermac.rst b/docs/system/ppc/powermac.rst
index 04334ba210..d4a47a6881 100644
--- a/docs/system/ppc/powermac.rst
+++ b/docs/system/ppc/powermac.rst
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ PowerMac family boards (``g3beige``, ``mac99``)
 Use the executable ``qemu-system-ppc`` to simulate a complete PowerMac
 PowerPC system.
 
-- ``g3beige``              Heathrow based PowerMAC
-- ``mac99``                Mac99 based PowerMAC
+- ``g3beige``           Heathrow based old world Power Macintosh G3
+- ``mac99``             Core99 based generic PowerMac
+- ``powermac3_1``       Power Mac G4 AGP (Sawtooth)
+- ``powerbook3_2``      PowerBook G4 Titanium (Mercury)
+- ``powermac7_3``       Power Mac G5 (Niagara) (only in ``qemu-system-ppc64``)
+
 
 Supported devices
 -----------------
@@ -15,9 +19,9 @@ QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals:
  *  UniNorth or Grackle PCI Bridge
  *  PCI VGA compatible card with VESA Bochs Extensions
  *  2 PMAC IDE interfaces with hard disk and CD-ROM support
- *  NE2000 PCI adapters
+ *  Sungem PCI network adapter
  *  Non Volatile RAM
- *  VIA-CUDA with ADB keyboard and mouse.
+ *  VIA-CUDA or VIA-PMU99 with or without ADB or USB keyboard and mouse.
 
 
 Missing devices
-- 
2.30.6




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