From nobody Wed Nov 5 17:38:14 2025 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.118.235.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1496747375076252.11586056437773; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 04:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:37544 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICMa-0000BA-IX for importer@patchew.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:09:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38572) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICJO-0005hA-56 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:06:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICJL-0002wl-Fe for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:06:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:38174) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dICJL-0002wW-9q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 06 Jun 2017 07:06:07 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 634CBC0467CB; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 11:06:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain.com (unknown [10.42.22.189]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A9117561; Tue, 6 Jun 2017 11:06:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 634CBC0467CB Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx07.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=berrange@redhat.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mx1.redhat.com 634CBC0467CB From: "Daniel P. Berrange" To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 12:05:55 +0100 Message-Id: <20170606110556.12922-2-berrange@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20170606110556.12922-1-berrange@redhat.com> References: <20170606110556.12922-1-berrange@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:06:06 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: document deprecated features in appendix X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Maydell , Stefan Hajnoczi Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The deprecation of features in QEMU is totally adhoc currently, with no way for the user to get a list of what is deprecated in each release. This adds an appendix to the doc that records when each deprecation[1] was made and provides text explaining what to use instead. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange [1] This is a lie. I've only listed one deprecated feature. Once we agree on the general concept, we can fill out the doc with the rest of the currently deprecated features. --- qemu-doc.texi | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 965ba59..29f89d8 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ * QEMU Guest Agent:: * QEMU User space emulator:: * Implementation notes:: +* Deprecations:: * License:: * Index:: @end menu @@ -3016,6 +3017,19 @@ Run the emulation in single step mode. =20 @include qemu-tech.texi =20 +@node Deprecations +@appendix Deprecations + +The following is a list of features which have been marked as deprecated, +pending removal in a future release: + +@section -drive boot=3Don|off (since v1.3.0) +Since release 1.3.0, the ``boot=3Don|off'' parameter to ``-drive'' +is no longer honoured. It is currently ignored, but a future verson +will reject this parameter with an error. Applications should use +the ``bootindex=3DN'' parameter to set an absolute ordering between +devices instead. + @node License @appendix License =20 --=20 2.9.3