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see commit 3a1da42eb35 (qapi: Rename ChardevBackend member "memory" to "ringbuf"). Deprecation is long overdue. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: J=C3=A1n Tomko --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++ qapi/char.json | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index d4492b9460..ae1a520c26 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -371,6 +371,14 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the com= mand line using the used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides a password via a file, or encrypted. =20 +Character device options +'''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Backend ``memory`` (since 9.0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +``memory`` is a deprecated synonym for ``ringbuf``. + CPU device properties ''''''''''''''''''''' =20 diff --git a/qapi/char.json b/qapi/char.json index 2d74e66746..75a7e057f0 100644 --- a/qapi/char.json +++ b/qapi/char.json @@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ # # @memory: Since 1.5 # +# Features: +# +# @deprecated: Member @memory is deprecated. Use @ringbuf instead. +# # Since: 1.4 ## { 'enum': 'ChardevBackendKind', @@ -492,8 +496,7 @@ { 'name': 'dbus', 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }, 'vc', 'ringbuf', - # next one is just for compatibility - 'memory' ] } + { 'name': 'memory', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] } ] } =20 ## # @ChardevFileWrapper: @@ -642,7 +645,6 @@ 'if': 'CONFIG_DBUS_DISPLAY' }, 'vc': 'ChardevVCWrapper', 'ringbuf': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper', - # next one is just for compatibility 'memory': 'ChardevRingbufWrapper' } } =20 ## --=20 2.43.0