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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2020-07-10 08:55:20 +0200
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2020-07-13 11:40:47 +0200
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docs/qdev-device-use: Clean up the sentences related to -usbdevice
Most of the -usbdevice paramaters have been removed already. Update the doc accordingly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> Message-id: 20200710065520.24784-1-thuth@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
index 4bbbcf5..f8d0d2f 100644
--- a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
+++ b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt
@@ -125,12 +125,7 @@ The -device argument differs in detail for each type of drive:
* if=pflash, if=mtd, if=sd, if=xen are not yet available with -device
-For USB devices, the old way is actually different:
-
- -usbdevice disk:format=FMT:FILENAME
-
-Provides much less control than -drive's OPTS... The new way fixes
-that:
+For USB storage devices, you can use something like:
-device usb-storage,drive=DRIVE-ID,removable=RMB
@@ -177,8 +172,6 @@ The appropriate DEVNAME depends on the machine type. For type "pc":
This lets you control I/O ports and IRQs.
-* -usbdevice serial::chardev becomes -device usb-serial,chardev=dev.
-
* -usbdevice braille doesn't support LEGACY-CHARDEV syntax. It always
uses "braille". With -device, this useful default is gone, so you
have to use something like
@@ -238,10 +231,6 @@ The old way to define the guest part looks like this:
-net nic,netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,model=MODEL,name=ID,addr=STR,vectors=V
-Except for USB it looks like this:
-
- -usbdevice net:netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,name=ID
-
The new way is -device:
-device DEVNAME,netdev=NET-ID,mac=MACADDR,DEV-OPTS...
@@ -336,12 +325,7 @@ The new way is -device DEVNAME,DEV-OPTS... Details depend on DRIVER:
* mouse -device usb-mouse
* tablet -device usb-tablet
* wacom-tablet -device usb-wacom-tablet
-* host:... See "Host Device Assignment"
-* disk:... See "Block Devices"
-* serial:... See "Character Devices"
* braille See "Character Devices"
-* net:... See "Network Devices"
-* bt:... not yet available with -device
=== Watchdog Devices ===
@@ -358,17 +342,11 @@ and host USB devices. PCI devices can only be assigned with -device:
-device vfio-pci,host=ADDR,id=ID
-The old way to assign a host USB device is
-
- -usbdevice host:auto:BUS.ADDR:VID:PRID
-
-where any of BUS, ADDR, VID, PRID can be the wildcard *.
-
-The new way is
+To assign a host USB device use:
-device usb-host,hostbus=BUS,hostaddr=ADDR,vendorid=VID,productid=PRID
-Omitted options match anything, just like the old way's wildcard.
+Omitted options match anything.
=== Default Devices ===