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| author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2022-12-16 10:56:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2023-01-06 00:51:02 +0100 |
| commit | 6f9f630836df355b9ca3f4641e6b7be71f6af076 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f0c2b971a37007b7858d8afd3abdc486e6450e3 /docs | |
| parent | 8b902e3d2309595567e4957b96e971c4f3ca455e (diff) | |
util: remove support -chardev tty and -chardev parport
These were deprecated in 6.0 and can now be removed.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/qdev-device-use.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index e2ca3c8b56..91015ce5da 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. Additionally, when using vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` property if you plan to transmit audio through the VNC protocol. -``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (since 6.0) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -``tty`` and ``parport`` are aliases that will be removed. Instead, the -actual backend names ``serial`` and ``parallel`` should be used. - Short-form boolean options (since 6.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 724a831425..44bd299142 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' should be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'. +``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (removed in 8.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``tty`` and ``parport`` used to be aliases for ``serial`` and ``parallel`` +respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead. QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ diff --git a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt index 2408889334..c98c86d828 100644 --- a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt +++ b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt @@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ LEGACY-CHARDEV translates to -chardev HOST-OPTS... as follows: * unix:FNAME becomes -chardev socket,path=FNAME -* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parport,file=/dev/parportN +* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parallel,file=/dev/parportN * /dev/ppiN likewise -* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev tty,path=/dev/FNAME +* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev serial,path=/dev/FNAME * mon:LEGACY-CHARDEV is special: it multiplexes the monitor onto the character device defined by LEGACY-CHARDEV. -chardev provides more |