From 9d3f8b3247795ae8f482700bbbace04b04421d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:05:20 +0100 Subject: docs: do not talk about past removal as happening in the future KVM guest support on 32-bit Arm hosts *has* been removed, so rephrase the sentence describing it. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 63df984..7e12145 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -565,9 +565,8 @@ 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) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -- cgit v1.1 From eaaaf8abdc9a9f3493f2cb6a751660dff3f9db57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:39:32 +0100 Subject: KVM: remove support for kernel-irqchip=off -machine kernel-irqchip=off is broken for many guest OSes; kernel-irqchip=split is the replacement that works, so remove the deprecated support for the former. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 ------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 93affe3..5414289 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ 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) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 7e12145..78b332f 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -616,6 +616,16 @@ 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 ------------------------ -- cgit v1.1 From 8b902e3d2309595567e4957b96e971c4f3ca455e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:50:05 +0100 Subject: util: remove support for hex numbers with a scaling suffix This was deprecated in 6.0 and can now be removed. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 -------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 5414289..e2ca3c8 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ and will cause a warning. The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on`` rather than ``delay=off``. -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) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 78b332f..724a831 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -408,6 +408,14 @@ pcspk-audiodev=``. 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'. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ -- cgit v1.1 From 6f9f630836df355b9ca3f4641e6b7be71f6af076 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:56:53 +0100 Subject: util: remove support -chardev tty and -chardev parport These were deprecated in 6.0 and can now be removed. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ------ docs/about/removed-features.rst | 5 +++++ docs/qdev-device-use.txt | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index e2ca3c8..91015ce 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) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 724a831..44bd299 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix 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 ------------------------------------ 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 -- cgit v1.1 From fb418b51b7b43c34873f4b9af3da7031b7452115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 11:02:48 +0100 Subject: i386: SGX: remove deprecated member of SGXInfo Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 ------------- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 91015ce..c3a874d 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -165,19 +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 44bd299..c918cab 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -507,6 +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 ------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.1