1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
index 3da64e9f72..f5c953a710 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ int qemu_fsdev_add(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
     }
 
     if (fsdriver) {
+        if (strncmp(fsdriver, "proxy", 5) == 0) {
+            warn_report(
+                "'-fsdev proxy' and '-virtfs proxy' are deprecated, use "
+                "'local' instead of 'proxy, or consider deploying virtiofsd "
+                "as alternative to 9p"
+            );
+        }
+
         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(FsDrivers); i++) {
             if (strcmp(FsDrivers[i].name, fsdriver) == 0) {
                 break;