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Still, some people might want to update from older versions to the recent QEMU version, so we should give some recommendations for the replacements in our documentation. Message-Id: <20210811084103.74832-2-thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- docs/about/removed-features.rst | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.= rst index 07d597847c..c18af3c76f 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -9,8 +9,43 @@ trouble after a recent upgrade. System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- =20 -``-net ...,name=3D``\ *name* (removed in 5.1) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' +``-hdachs`` (removed in 2.12) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The geometry defined by ``-hdachs c,h,s,t`` should now be specified via +``-device ide-hd,drive=3Ddr,cyls=3Dc,heads=3Dh,secs=3Ds,bios-chs-trans=3Dt= `` +(together with ``-drive if=3Dnone,id=3Ddr,...``). + +``-net channel`` (removed in 2.12) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +This option has been replaced by ``-net user,guestfwd=3D...``. + +``-net dump`` (removed in 2.12) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``-net dump[,vlan=3Dn][,file=3Dfilename][,len=3Dmaxlen]`` has been replace= d by +``-object filter-dump,id=3Did,netdev=3Ddev[,file=3Dfilename][,maxlen=3Dmax= len]``. +Note that the new syntax works with netdev IDs instead of the old "vlan" h= ubs. + +``-no-kvm-pit`` (removed in 2.12) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +This was just a dummy option that has been ignored, since the in-kernel PIT +cannot be disabled separately from the irqchip anymore. A similar effect +(which also disables the KVM IOAPIC) can be obtained with +``-M kernel_irqchip=3Dsplit``. + +``-tdf`` (removed in 2.12) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +There is no replacement, the ``-tdf`` option has just been ignored since t= he +behaviour that could be changed by this option in qemu-kvm is now the defa= ult +when using the KVM PIT. It still can be requested explicitly using +``-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=3Ddelay``. + +``-net ...,name=3D...`` (removed in 5.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' =20 The ``name`` parameter of the ``-net`` option was a synonym for the ``id`` parameter, which should now be used instead. --=20 2.27.0