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-rw-r--r--docs/system/deprecated.rst6
-rw-r--r--util/qemu-option.c6
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index fcf0ca4..cfabe69 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ Boolean options such as ``share=on``/``share=off`` could be written
in short form as ``share`` and ``noshare``. This is now deprecated
and will cause a warning.
+``delay`` option for socket character devices (since 6.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on``
+rather than ``delay=off``.
+
``--enable-fips`` (since 6.0)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 40564a1..9678d5b 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -785,7 +785,11 @@ static const char *get_opt_name_value(const char *params,
}
if (!is_help && warn_on_flag) {
warn_report("short-form boolean option '%s%s' deprecated", prefix, *name);
- error_printf("Please use %s=%s instead\n", *name, *value);
+ if (g_str_equal(*name, "delay")) {
+ error_printf("Please use nodelay=%s instead\n", prefix[0] ? "on" : "off");
+ } else {
+ error_printf("Please use %s=%s instead\n", *name, *value);
+ }
}
}
} else {