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-rw-r--r--chardev/char.c12
-rw-r--r--docs/system/deprecated.rst6
-rw-r--r--tests/unit/test-char.c6
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c
index dd925cf..7be9579 100644
--- a/chardev/char.c
+++ b/chardev/char.c
@@ -534,9 +534,10 @@ static const ChardevClass *char_get_class(const char *driver, Error **errp)
return cc;
}
-static const struct ChardevAlias {
+static struct ChardevAlias {
const char *typename;
const char *alias;
+ bool deprecation_warning_printed;
} chardev_alias_table[] = {
#ifdef HAVE_CHARDEV_PARPORT
{ "parallel", "parport" },
@@ -584,6 +585,10 @@ help_string_append(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias, void *opaque)
{
GString *str = opaque;
+ if (is_cli_alias) {
+ return;
+ }
+
g_string_append_printf(str, "\n %s", name);
}
@@ -592,6 +597,11 @@ static const char *chardev_alias_translate(const char *name)
int i;
for (i = 0; i < (int)ARRAY_SIZE(chardev_alias_table); i++) {
if (g_strcmp0(chardev_alias_table[i].alias, name) == 0) {
+ if (!chardev_alias_table[i].deprecation_warning_printed) {
+ warn_report("The alias '%s' is deprecated, use '%s' instead",
+ name, chardev_alias_table[i].typename);
+ chardev_alias_table[i].deprecation_warning_printed = true;
+ }
return chardev_alias_table[i].typename;
}
}
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index 15b9767..dfc12ee 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ needs two devices (``-device intel-hda -device hda-duplex``) and
``pcspk`` which can be activated using ``-machine
pcspk-audiodev=<name>``.
+``-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.
+
RISC-V ``-bios`` (since 5.1)
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-char.c b/tests/unit/test-char.c
index 755d54c..5b3b48e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-char.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-char.c
@@ -1199,12 +1199,6 @@ static void char_serial_test(void)
/* TODO: add more tests with a pty */
object_unparent(OBJECT(chr));
- /* test tty alias */
- qemu_opt_set(opts, "backend", "tty", &error_abort);
- chr = qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, NULL, &error_abort);
- g_assert_nonnull(chr);
- object_unparent(OBJECT(chr));
-
qemu_opts_del(opts);
}
#endif