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-rw-r--r--audio/audio.c8
-rw-r--r--qemu-deprecated.texi7
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index ae335dbebb..e99fcd0694 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -1412,8 +1412,9 @@ static AudioState *audio_init(Audiodev *dev, const char *name)
drvname = AudiodevDriver_str(dev->driver);
} else if (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&audio_states)) {
if (!legacy_config) {
- dolog("You must specify an audiodev= for the device %s\n", name);
- exit(1);
+ dolog("Device %s: audiodev default parameter is deprecated, please "
+ "specify audiodev=%s\n", name,
+ QTAILQ_FIRST(&audio_states)->dev->id);
}
return QTAILQ_FIRST(&audio_states);
} else {
@@ -1548,8 +1549,7 @@ CaptureVoiceOut *AUD_add_capture(
if (!s) {
if (!legacy_config) {
- dolog("You must specify audiodev when trying to capture\n");
- return NULL;
+ dolog("Capturing without setting an audiodev is deprecated\n");
}
s = audio_init(NULL, NULL);
}
diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi
index 00a4b6f350..9d74a1cfc0 100644
--- a/qemu-deprecated.texi
+++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ backend settings instead of environment variables. To ease migration to
the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert
the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options.
+@subsection Creating sound card devices and vnc without audiodev= property (since 4.2)
+
+When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card
+should specify an @code{audiodev=} property. Additionally, when using
+vnc, you should specify an @code{audiodev=} propery if you plan to
+transmit audio through the VNC protocol.
+
@subsection -mon ...,control=readline,pretty=on|off (since 4.1)
The @code{pretty=on|off} switch has no effect for HMP monitors, but is