Merge tag 'pull-request-2023-10-12' of https://gitlab.com/thuth/qemu into staging

[mirror_qemu.git] / docs / about / deprecated.rst

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@@ -363,6 +363,15 @@ recommending to switch to their stable counterparts:
 - "Zve64f" should be replaced with "zve64f"
 - "Zve64d" should be replaced with "zve64d"
 
+``-device pvrdma`` and the rdma subsystem (since 8.2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The pvrdma device and the whole rdma subsystem are in a bad shape and
+without active maintenance. The QEMU project intends to remove this
+device and subsystem from the code base in a future release without
+replacement unless somebody steps up and improves the situation.
+
+
 Block device options
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