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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2018-05-04 17:13:10 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2018-05-09 00:13:39 +0200
commit454012997e0818e371750893c87c28c155ef14e3 (patch)
tree6abcc4247508cc98146af6795fd2995fdd4b6e35 /qemu-options.hx
parentbf3175b49952628f96d72d1247d8bb3aa5c2466c (diff)
qemu-options: Mark -virtioconsole as deprecated
The qemu-doc already states that this option is only maintained for backward compatibility and "-device virtconsole" should be used instead. So let's take the next step and mark this option officially as deprecated. Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> Message-Id: <1525446790-16139-1-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index c611766390..091ded6e0c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3675,10 +3675,7 @@ STEXI
@item -virtioconsole @var{c}
@findex -virtioconsole
Set virtio console.
-
-This option is maintained for backward compatibility.
-
-Please use @code{-device virtconsole} for the new way of invocation.
+This option is deprecated, please use @option{-device virtconsole} instead.
ETEXI
DEF("show-cursor", 0, QEMU_OPTION_show_cursor, \