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-rw-r--r--docs/about/deprecated.rst8
-rw-r--r--hw/i386/pc_piix.c1
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 85773db631..cf02ef6821 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -324,6 +324,14 @@ machine is hardly emulated at all (e.g. neither the LCD nor the USB part had
been implemented), so there is not much value added by this board. Use the
``ref405ep`` machine instead.
+``pc-i440fx-1.4`` up to ``pc-i440fx-1.7`` (since 7.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+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.
+
+
Backend options
---------------
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 8d33cf689d..b72c03d0a6 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_1_7_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
m->hw_version = "1.7.0";
m->default_machine_opts = NULL;
m->option_rom_has_mr = true;
+ m->deprecation_reason = "old and unattended - use a newer version instead";
compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_1_7, pc_compat_1_7_len);
pcmc->smbios_defaults = false;
pcmc->gigabyte_align = false;