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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2020-06-22 11:42:17 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2020-06-23 16:07:07 +0200
commit4a27a638e718b445648de6b27c709353551d9b44 (patch)
tree4511b7a1bbaf023c708c56feee59eac342e37de1 /docs/system
parentfed2c1731c3dfdcf2d69a3ba73da01a80950bcfd (diff)
fdc: Deprecate configuring floppies with -global isa-fdc
Deprecate -global isa-fdc.driveA=... -global isa-fdc.driveB=... in favour of -device floppy,unit=0,drive=... -device floppy,unit=1,drive=... Same for the other floppy controller devices. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Acked-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20200622094227.1271650-7-armbru@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
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@@ -164,6 +164,32 @@ previously available ``-tb-size`` option.
Use ``-display sdl,show-cursor=on`` or
``-display gtk,show-cursor=on`` instead.
+``Configuring floppies with ``-global``
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Use ``-device floppy,...`` instead:
+::
+
+ -global isa-fdc.driveA=...
+ -global sysbus-fdc.driveA=...
+ -global SUNW,fdtwo.drive=...
+
+become
+::
+
+ -device floppy,unit=0,drive=...
+
+and
+::
+
+ -global isa-fdc.driveB=...
+ -global sysbus-fdc.driveB=...
+
+become
+::
+
+ -device floppy,unit=1,drive=...
+
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