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charset="utf-8" From: Igor Mammedov it was actually removed in 5.0, commit 68a86dc15c (numa: remove deprecated -mem-path fallback to anonymous = RAM) clean up forgotten remnants in docs. Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov Message-Id: <20200911084410.788171-3-imammedo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- docs/system/deprecated.rst | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index bb59061c1b..4465eddcc3 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ error in the future. The ``-realtime mlock=3Don|off`` argument has been replaced by the ``-overcommit mem-lock=3Don|off`` argument. =20 -``-mem-path`` fallback to RAM (since 4.1) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -Currently if guest RAM allocation from file pointed by ``mem-path`` -fails, QEMU falls back to allocating from RAM, which might result -in unpredictable behavior since the backing file specified by the user -is ignored. In the future, users will be responsible for making sure -the backing storage specified with ``-mem-path`` can actually provide -the guest RAM configured with ``-m`` and QEMU will fail to start up if -RAM allocation is unsuccessful. - RISC-V ``-bios`` (since 5.1) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''' =20 @@ -647,6 +636,16 @@ New machine versions (since 5.1) will not accept the o= ption but it will still work with old machine types. User can check the QAPI schema to see if the = legacy option is supported by looking at MachineInfo::numa-mem-supported property. =20 +``-mem-path`` fallback to RAM (removed in 5.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +If guest RAM allocation from file pointed by ``mem-path`` failed, +QEMU was falling back to allocating from RAM, which might have resulted +in unpredictable behavior since the backing file specified by the user +as ignored. Currently, users are responsible for making sure the backing s= torage +specified with ``-mem-path`` can actually provide the guest RAM configured= with +``-m`` and QEMU fails to start up if RAM allocation is unsuccessful. + Block devices ------------- =20 --=20 2.26.2