ppc/ppc405: Remove boards

The ref405ep machine is the only PPC 405 machine. Drop all support by
removing the SoC and associated devices as-well as the machine.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250110141800.1587589-3-clg@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20250204080649.836155-3-clg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
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Cédric Le Goater 2025-02-04 09:06:48 +01:00 committed by Nicholas Piggin
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@ -277,14 +277,6 @@ deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name
better reflects the way this property affects all random data within
the device tree blob, not just the ``kaslr-seed`` node.
PPC 405 ``ref405ep`` machine (since 9.1)
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The ``ref405ep`` machine and PPC 405 CPU have no known users, firmware
images are not available, OpenWRT dropped support in 2019, U-Boot in
2017, Linux also is dropping support in 2024. It is time to let go of
this ancient hardware and focus on newer CPUs and platforms.
Big-Endian variants of MicroBlaze ``petalogix-ml605`` and ``xlnx-zynqmp-pmu`` machines (since 9.2)
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@ -1064,6 +1064,13 @@ for all machine types using the PXA2xx and OMAP2 SoCs. We are also
dropping the ``cheetah`` OMAP1 board, because we don't have any
test images for it and don't know of anybody who does.
ppc ``ref405ep`` machine (removed in 10.0)
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This machine was removed because PPC 405 CPU have no known users,
firmware images are not available, OpenWRT dropped support in 2019,
U-Boot in 2017, and Linux in 2024.
linux-user mode CPUs
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