[RFC PATCH 1/2] hw/sd/ssi-sd: Deprecate the SPI to SD card 'adapter'

[Peter Krempa]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 00:07:30 +0200, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> This device duplicate the SPI mode of the sd-card device. The
> SPI protocol is better handler in the sd-card, however as the
> TYPE_SSI_SLAVE is not an interface, the sd-card can not implement
> it easily to be pluggable on a SPI bus. Meanwhile the ssi-sd
> device acts as a bridge, but is bitroting. Deprecate it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug at amsat.org>
> ---
>  docs/system/deprecated.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index 47f84be8e0..5e67d7f3e0 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -343,6 +343,11 @@ The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
>  The 'scsi-disk' device is deprecated. Users should use 'scsi-hd' or
>  'scsi-cd' as appropriate to get a SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
>  
> +``ssi-sd`` (since 5.1)
> +'''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The 'ssi-sd' (SSI to SD card adapter) device is deprecated.

libvirt didn't allow configuring this device yet, so from our view it's
okay to remove it.

ACKed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa at redhat.com>