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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2024-02-03 09:02:28 +0100
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2024-02-14 07:45:08 +0100
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qapi/char: Deprecate backend type "memory"
It's an alias for "ringbuf" we kept for backward compatibility; see commit 3a1da42eb35 (qapi: Rename ChardevBackend member "memory" to "ringbuf"). Deprecation is long overdue. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-ID: <20240203080228.2766159-5-armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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@@ -380,6 +380,14 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
a password via a file, or encrypted.
+Character device options
+''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Backend ``memory`` (since 9.0)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``memory`` is a deprecated synonym for ``ringbuf``.
+
CPU device properties
'''''''''''''''''''''