1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index f46e070e0d..42d4bce439 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3231,6 +3231,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                error_report("'-hdachs' is deprecated, please use '-device"
+                             " ide-hd,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s,...' instead");
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_numa:
                 opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("numa"),