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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 28 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst | 9 |
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 896e5a9..a92ae0f 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -39,15 +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. -Creating sound card devices using ``-soundhw`` (since 5.1) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Sound card devices should be created using ``-device`` instead. The -names are the same for most devices. The exceptions are ``hda`` which -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) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -90,25 +81,6 @@ the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret`` option which lets the password be securely provided on the command line using a ``secret`` object instance. -``opened`` property of ``rng-*`` objects (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -The only effect of specifying ``opened=on`` in the command line or QMP -``object-add`` is that the device is opened immediately, possibly before all -other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if -``opened`` was the last option) or cause errors. The property is therefore -useless and should not be specified. - -``loaded`` property of ``secret`` and ``secret_keyring`` objects (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -The only effect of specifying ``loaded=on`` in the command line or QMP -``object-add`` is that the secret is loaded immediately, possibly before all -other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if -``loaded`` was the last option) or cause options to be effectively ignored as -if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not be -specified. - ``-display sdl,window_close=...`` (since 6.1) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' @@ -270,12 +242,6 @@ from Linux upstream kernel, declare it deprecated. System emulator CPUS -------------------- -``Icelake-Client`` CPU Model (since 5.2) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -``Icelake-Client`` CPU Models are deprecated. Use ``Icelake-Server`` CPU -Models instead. - MIPS ``I7200`` CPU Model (since 5.2) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 4a0b270..eb76974 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ The ``-writeconfig`` option was not able to serialize the entire contents of the QEMU command line. It is thus considered a failed experiment and removed without a replacement. +``loaded`` property of ``secret`` and ``secret_keyring`` objects (removed in 7.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``loaded=on`` option in the command line or QMP ``object-add`` either had +no effect (if ``loaded`` was the last option) or caused options to be +effectively ignored as if they were not given. The property is therefore +useless and should simply be removed. + +``opened`` property of ``rng-*`` objects (removed in 7.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``opened=on`` option in the command line or QMP ``object-add`` either had +no effect (if ``opened`` was the last option) or caused errors. The property +is therefore useless and should simply be removed. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ @@ -557,6 +572,12 @@ Support for this CPU was removed from the upstream Linux kernel, and there is no available upstream toolchain to build binaries for it. Removed without replacement. +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 emulator machines ------------------------ @@ -633,6 +654,13 @@ tripped up the CI testing and was suspected to be quite broken. For that reason the maintainers strongly suspected no one actually used it. +Creating sound card devices using ``-soundhw`` (removed in 7.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Sound card devices should be created using ``-device`` or ``-audio``. +The exception is ``pcspk`` which can be activated using ``-machine +pcspk-audiodev=<name>``. + TCG introspection features -------------------------- diff --git a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst index 7b96843..cd9b544 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst @@ -739,10 +739,11 @@ Type names ending with ``Kind`` or ``List`` are reserved for the generator, which uses them for implicit union enums and array types, respectively. -Command names, and member names within a type, should be all lower -case with words separated by a hyphen. However, some existing older -commands and complex types use underscore; when extending them, -consistency is preferred over blindly avoiding underscore. +Command names, member names within a type, and feature names should be +all lower case with words separated by a hyphen. However, some +existing older commands and complex types use underscore; when +extending them, consistency is preferred over blindly avoiding +underscore. Event names should be ALL_CAPS with words separated by underscore. |