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It can be replaced by the\n ``ast2700fc``, another multi-SoC machine based on the newer AST2700\n SoCs which are excepted to receive better support in the future.\n \n-\n-RISC-V default machine option (since 10.0)\n-''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\n-\n-RISC-V defines ``spike`` as the default machine if no machine option is\n-given in the command line. This happens because ``spike`` is the first\n-RISC-V machine implemented in QEMU and setting it as default was\n-convenient at that time. Now we have 7 riscv64 and 6 riscv32 machines\n-and having ``spike`` as a default is no longer justified. This default\n-will also promote situations where users think they're running ``virt``\n-(the most used RISC-V machine type in 10.0) when in fact they're\n-running ``spike``.\n-\n-Removing the default machine option forces users to always set the machine\n-they want to use and avoids confusion. Existing users of the ``spike``\n-machine must ensure that they're setting the ``spike`` machine in the\n-command line (``-M spike``).\n-\n-\n Backend options\n ---------------\n \ndiff --git a/hw/riscv/spike.c b/hw/riscv/spike.c\nindex 35c696f891..87fe0f242f 100644\n--- a/hw/riscv/spike.c\n+++ b/hw/riscv/spike.c\n@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ static void spike_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)\n mc->desc = \"RISC-V Spike board\";\n mc->init = spike_board_init;\n mc->max_cpus = SPIKE_CPUS_MAX;\n- mc->is_default = true;\n mc->default_cpu_type = TYPE_RISCV_CPU_BASE;\n mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids = riscv_numa_possible_cpu_arch_ids;\n mc->cpu_index_to_instance_props = riscv_numa_cpu_index_to_props;\n","prefixes":["1/2"]}