From nobody Mon Apr 29 08:42:06 2024 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; dkim=fail; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1627911945719825.4036999301254; Mon, 2 Aug 2021 06:45:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:42240 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mAYGG-0003tT-ON for importer@patchew.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:45:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40718) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mAYFB-0002gl-2P for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:44:37 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x434.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::434]:43674) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mAYF9-0006wB-Ej for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:44:36 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-x434.google.com with SMTP id h14so21524670wrx.10 for ; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:44:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([197.61.223.190]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x15sm10518368wmc.13.2021.08.02.06.44.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:44:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RkucGVt1oGSi8S4iDBzNlrG+iK4Ir1Wzbe2N0x86Pjg=; b=emBcn/YMcVYrV4y4KUKjmgETHrSQzhSmQSoy4JwWW2biI6i8foZZDdTDelhKC7Wbbj k8oUjJxjtOji3BCAJvEEKztNs+Uofo8BnWDAGsEzh4245Qm7551YB3LngpH20M/9ST18 /9/VTtfTxAlwSZTGTPMBId8Qh4RVQ9BlXc9S7TR7Me2Q5RfRNszRmfws+KVbjnwyQtE7 e9qksCEqV4GsQbdK0s6Tp498KXia7Qw0zTmrJcOE3ZM0Adq44k6VTnQbaY0tBmEMWG+8 1nZCgG5p0ugdE6HrmqWTpwDlAUvFULh6TQWbiYONK/1rSmnLiGbBGrHhJYxO9HUUBMsL Buzw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RkucGVt1oGSi8S4iDBzNlrG+iK4Ir1Wzbe2N0x86Pjg=; b=U9WoYg1bpN2YYQZV2rA6YNhlE3itcnvcvRRpGNLClu1LrkP4Z1cHW3gGgqNCXLXntA m/XiSlvwrSeyOmEREKVrylE3BiTNIKJ2zTzBxpCK88INLDf6wsrEI4+00jQyKq6rHxpv VQAP2M4JP59jYOQ8ASlNX/CL/9wkrCHTEjUToHJIKqtl8dBJTlGegItexjKXh23/XalH 24ARRVvp6Lj3HpcNCMkfjhSZ4v/AqgWaedLIO0X4xBs5oTFtwEFVQkxmtjqvt3jkv7bi 1YSKJIoo4QN2p3/e68jlsR8h1M6vEjRfWWxicLi8ziS8gKUaSQZkPlPhRZvcL78sPUVa pHUA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532XEbNToo6OEXSfYhtat5NPSjPFquXYZgjti1QNVoH8E7NH36nm SccvbB2iHE6cSfGzOIH09ABRjwgQc0w= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwZ76TdFAgYkRwoGvI7LH7t9Dslnm9gwEgvrK2AxypawpJ+/lH8f0cgMn90lz9/3HwS2QtN2w== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4a4f:: with SMTP id v15mr17220709wrs.178.1627911872865; Mon, 02 Aug 2021 06:44:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Mahmoud Mandour To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH v5] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=` Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 15:44:14 +0200 Message-Id: <20210802134414.52037-1-ma.mandourr@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-Reply-To: <87h7g8glor.fsf@linaro.org> References: <87h7g8glor.fsf@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::434; envelope-from=ma.mandourr@gmail.com; helo=mail-wr1-x434.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "reviewer:Incompatible changes" , Mahmoud Mandour , alex.bennee@linaro.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail-DKIM: fail (Header signature does not verify) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1627911946714100001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour --- v4 -> v5: 1. Mentioned that short-form booleans are still usable but not preferab= le. docs/system/deprecated.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index e2e0090878..43ae154c85 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ other options have been processed. This will either h= ave no effect (if if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not = be specified. =20 +Plugin argument passing through ``arg=3D`` (since 6.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Passing TCG plugins arguments through ``arg=3D`` is redundant is makes the +command-line less readable, especially when the argument itself consist of= a +name and a value, e.g. ``-plugin plugin_name,arg=3D"arg_name=3Darg_value"`= `. +Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is redundant. Single-word arguments are tr= eated +as short-form boolean values, and passed to plugins as ``arg_name=3Don``. +However, short-form booleans are deprecated and full explicit ``arg_name= =3Don`` +form is preferred. =20 QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ --=20 2.25.1