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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] vl: Deprecate -virtfs_synth
From: |
Greg Kurz |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] vl: Deprecate -virtfs_synth |
Date: |
Mon, 13 May 2019 12:34:05 +0200 |
User-agent: |
StGit/unknown-version |
The synth fsdriver never got used for anything else but the QTest
testcase for VirtIO 9P. And even there, QTest uses -fsdev synth and
-device virtio-9p-... directly.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
---
v2: - change "no replacement" to "use '-fsdev synth' instead"
---
qemu-deprecated.texi | 5 +++++
qemu-options.hx | 3 ++-
vl.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi
index 842e71b11dcc..1a821b68f435 100644
--- a/qemu-deprecated.texi
+++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ 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.
address@hidden -virtfs_synth (since 4.1)
+
+The ``-virtfs_synth'' argument is now deprecated. Please use ``-fsdev synth''
+and ``-device virtio-9p-...'' instead.
+
@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
@subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 51802cbb266a..03c50ba0f0b2 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1368,7 +1368,8 @@ DEF("virtfs_synth", 0, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs_synth,
STEXI
@item -virtfs_synth
@findex -virtfs_synth
-Create synthetic file system image
+Create synthetic file system image. Note that this option is now deprecated.
+Please use @code{-fsdev synth} and @code{-device virtio-9p-...} instead.
ETEXI
DEF("iscsi", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_iscsi,
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index b6709514c1bb..8456f006edbd 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3535,6 +3535,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
QemuOpts *fsdev;
QemuOpts *device;
+ warn_report("'-virtfs_synth' is deprecated, please use "
+ "'-fsdev synth' and '-device virtio-9p-...' "
+ "instead");
+
fsdev = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("fsdev"), "v_synth",
1, NULL);
if (!fsdev) {