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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2023-01-08 14:27:40 +0000 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2023-01-08 14:27:40 +0000 |
commit | 3d83b78285d6e96636130f7d449fd02e2d4deee0 (patch) | |
tree | 75883256ddfbb8e21873cb7dfa9bde142378fe5b /docs | |
parent | 528d9f33cad5245c1099d77084c78bb2244d5143 (diff) | |
parent | fb418b51b7b43c34873f4b9af3da7031b7452115 (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'for-upstream' of https://gitlab.com/bonzini/qemu into staging
* Atomic memslot updates for KVM (Emanuele, David)
* Always send errors to logfile when daemonized (Greg)
* Add support for IDE CompactFlash card (Lubomir)
* First round of build system cleanups (myself)
* First round of feature removals (myself)
* Reduce "qemu/accel.h" inclusion (Philippe)
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* tag 'for-upstream' of https://gitlab.com/bonzini/qemu: (24 commits)
i386: SGX: remove deprecated member of SGXInfo
target/i386: Add SGX aex-notify and EDECCSSA support
util: remove support -chardev tty and -chardev parport
util: remove support for hex numbers with a scaling suffix
KVM: remove support for kernel-irqchip=off
docs: do not talk about past removal as happening in the future
meson: accept relative symlinks in "meson introspect --installed" data
meson: cleanup compiler detection
meson: support meson 0.64 -Doptimization=plain
configure: test all warnings
tests/qapi-schema: remove Meson workaround
meson: cleanup dummy-cpus.c rules
meson: tweak hardening options for Windows
configure: remove backwards-compatibility and obsolete options
configure: preserve qemu-ga variables
configure: cleanup $cpu tests
configure: remove dead function
configure: remove useless write_c_skeleton
ide: Add "ide-cf" driver, a CompactFlash card
ide: Add 8-bit data mode
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Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 34 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 41 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/qdev-device-use.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 93affe3..c3a874d 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. Additionally, when using vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` property if you plan to transmit audio through the VNC protocol. -``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -``tty`` and ``parport`` are aliases that will be removed. Instead, the -actual backend names ``serial`` and ``parallel`` should be used. - Short-form boolean options (since 6.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -58,21 +52,6 @@ and will cause a warning. The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on`` rather than ``delay=off``. -Userspace local APIC with KVM (x86, since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Using ``-M kernel-irqchip=off`` with x86 machine types that include a local -APIC is deprecated. The ``split`` setting is supported, as is using -``-M kernel-irqchip=off`` with the ISA PC machine type. - -hexadecimal sizes with scaling multipliers (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix -(such as 'k' or 'M') when the base is written in decimal, and not when -the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should -be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'. - ``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -186,19 +165,6 @@ accepted incorrect commands will return an error. Users should make sure that all arguments passed to ``device_add`` are consistent with the documented property types. -``query-sgx`` return value member ``section-size`` (since 7.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Member ``section-size`` in return value elements with meta-type ``uint64`` is -deprecated. Use ``sections`` instead. - - -``query-sgx-capabilities`` return value member ``section-size`` (since 7.0) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Member ``section-size`` in return value elements with meta-type ``uint64`` is -deprecated. Use ``sections`` instead. - System accelerators ------------------- diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 63df984..c918cab 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -408,6 +408,19 @@ pcspk-audiodev=<name>``. Use ``-device`` instead. +Hexadecimal sizes with scaling multipliers (since 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix +(such as 'k' or 'M') when the base is written in decimal, and not when +the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' should be written either as +'32M' or as '0x2000000'. + +``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (removed in 8.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``tty`` and ``parport`` used to be aliases for ``serial`` and ``parallel`` +respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead. QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ @@ -494,6 +507,19 @@ type of array items in query-named-block-nodes. Specify the properties for the object as top-level arguments instead. +``query-sgx`` return value member ``section-size`` (removed in 8.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Member ``section-size`` in the return value of ``query-sgx`` +was superseded by ``sections``. + + +``query-sgx-capabilities`` return value member ``section-size`` (removed in 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Member ``section-size`` in the return value of ``query-sgx-capabilities`` +was superseded by ``sections``. + Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands ------------------------------------- @@ -565,9 +591,8 @@ KVM guest support on 32-bit Arm hosts (removed in 5.2) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The Linux kernel has dropped support for allowing 32-bit Arm systems -to host KVM guests as of the 5.7 kernel. Accordingly, QEMU is deprecating -its support for this configuration and will remove it in a future version. -Running 32-bit guests on a 64-bit Arm host remains supported. +to host KVM guests as of the 5.7 kernel, and was thus removed from QEMU +as well. Running 32-bit guests on a 64-bit Arm host remains supported. RISC-V ISA Specific CPUs (removed in 5.1) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -617,6 +642,16 @@ x86 ``Icelake-Client`` CPU (removed in 7.1) There isn't ever Icelake Client CPU, it is some wrong and imaginary one. Use ``Icelake-Server`` instead. +System accelerators +------------------- + +Userspace local APIC with KVM (x86, removed 8.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``-M kernel-irqchip=off`` cannot be used on KVM if the CPU model includes +a local APIC. The ``split`` setting is supported, as is using ``-M +kernel-irqchip=off`` when the CPU does not have a local APIC. + System emulator machines ------------------------ diff --git a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt index 2408889..c98c86d 100644 --- a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt +++ b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt @@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ LEGACY-CHARDEV translates to -chardev HOST-OPTS... as follows: * unix:FNAME becomes -chardev socket,path=FNAME -* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parport,file=/dev/parportN +* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parallel,file=/dev/parportN * /dev/ppiN likewise -* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev tty,path=/dev/FNAME +* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev serial,path=/dev/FNAME * mon:LEGACY-CHARDEV is special: it multiplexes the monitor onto the character device defined by LEGACY-CHARDEV. -chardev provides more |