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[PULL 16/57] doc: Cleanup "'-mem-path' fallback to RAM" deprecation text
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Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[PULL 16/57] doc: Cleanup "'-mem-path' fallback to RAM" deprecation text |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:58:35 -0400 |
From: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
it was actually removed in 5.0,
commit 68a86dc15c (numa: remove deprecated -mem-path fallback to anonymous RAM)
clean up forgotten remnants in docs.
Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200911084410.788171-3-imammedo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
docs/system/deprecated.rst | 21 ++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
index bb59061c1b..4465eddcc3 100644
--- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
@@ -104,17 +104,6 @@ error in the future.
The ``-realtime mlock=on|off`` argument has been replaced by the
``-overcommit mem-lock=on|off`` argument.
-``-mem-path`` fallback to RAM (since 4.1)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-Currently if guest RAM allocation from file pointed by ``mem-path``
-fails, QEMU falls back to allocating from RAM, which might result
-in unpredictable behavior since the backing file specified by the user
-is ignored. In the future, users will be responsible for making sure
-the backing storage specified with ``-mem-path`` can actually provide
-the guest RAM configured with ``-m`` and QEMU will fail to start up if
-RAM allocation is unsuccessful.
-
RISC-V ``-bios`` (since 5.1)
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
@@ -647,6 +636,16 @@ New machine versions (since 5.1) will not accept the
option but it will still
work with old machine types. User can check the QAPI schema to see if the
legacy
option is supported by looking at MachineInfo::numa-mem-supported property.
+``-mem-path`` fallback to RAM (removed in 5.0)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+If guest RAM allocation from file pointed by ``mem-path`` failed,
+QEMU was falling back to allocating from RAM, which might have resulted
+in unpredictable behavior since the backing file specified by the user
+as ignored. Currently, users are responsible for making sure the backing
storage
+specified with ``-mem-path`` can actually provide the guest RAM configured with
+``-m`` and QEMU fails to start up if RAM allocation is unsuccessful.
+
Block devices
-------------
--
2.26.2
- [PULL 00/57] Misc patches for 2020-09-19, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 02/57] iotests: Work around failing readlink -f, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 04/57] ninjatool: rebuild multi-output targets if outputs are missing, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 01/57] tests: add missing genh dependency, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 07/57] WHPX: vmware cpuid leaf for tsc and apic frequency, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 03/57] meson: clean up build_by_default, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 06/57] meson: error out if qemu_suffix starts with /, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 05/57] meson: fix MSI rule, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 08/57] configure: Do not intent to build WHPX on 32-bit host, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 09/57] MAINTAINERS: add Paolo Bonzini as RCU maintainer, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 16/57] doc: Cleanup "'-mem-path' fallback to RAM" deprecation text,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- [PULL 12/57] vhost-scsi: support inflight io track, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 10/57] target/i386: support KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 11/57] memory: Convert IOMMUMemoryRegionClass doc comment to kernel-doc, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 17/57] numa: remove fixup numa_state->num_nodes to MAX_NODES, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 23/57] hw/char/serial: Remove old DEBUG_SERIAL commented code, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 24/57] hw/char/serial: Rename I/O read/write trace events, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 28/57] hw: megasas: return -1 when 'megasas_map_sgl' fails, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 19/57] hw/char/serial: Remove TYPE_SERIAL_IO, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 14/57] acpi: i386: Move VMBus DSDT entry to SB, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19
- [PULL 13/57] Simplify the .gitignore file, Paolo Bonzini, 2020/09/19