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vfio-platform: Deprecate all forms of vfio-platform devices

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As an outcome of KVM forum 2024 "vfio-platform: live and let die?"
talk, let's deprecate vfio-platform devices.

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250305124225.952791-1-eric.auger@redhat.com
[ clg: Fixed spelling in vfio-amd-xgbe section ]
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
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@ -434,6 +434,31 @@ Stream ``reconnect`` (since 9.2)
The ``reconnect`` option only allows specifiying second granularity timeouts,
which is not enough for all types of use cases, use ``reconnect-ms`` instead.
VFIO device options
'''''''''''''''''''
``-device vfio-calxeda-xgmac`` (since 10.0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The vfio-calxeda-xgmac device allows to assign a host Calxeda Highbank
10Gb XGMAC Ethernet controller device ("calxeda,hb-xgmac" compatibility
string) to a guest. Calxeda HW has been ewasted now and there is no point
keeping that device.
``-device vfio-amd-xgbe`` (since 10.0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The vfio-amd-xgbe device allows to assign a host AMD 10GbE controller
to a guest ("amd,xgbe-seattle-v1a" compatibility string). AMD "Seattle"
is not supported anymore and there is no point keeping that device.
``-device vfio-platform`` (since 10.0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The vfio-platform device allows to assign a host platform device
to a guest in a generic manner. Integrating a new device into
the vfio-platform infrastructure requires some adaptation at
both kernel and qemu level. No such attempt has been done for years
and the conclusion is that vfio-platform has not got any traction.
PCIe passthrough shall be the mainline solution.
CPU device properties
'''''''''''''''''''''