Re: [PATCH for-7.0] i386: Deprecate the -no-hpet QEMU command line option

[Thomas Huth]

On 06/12/2021 09.40, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property a while ago
> already, so we should finally do the next step and deprecate the
> legacy CLI option, too.
> While we're at it, add a proper help text for the machine property, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
>   hw/i386/pc.c              | 2 ++
>   qemu-options.hx           | 2 +-
>   softmmu/vl.c              | 1 +
>   4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 5693abb663..1dfe69aa6a 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ form is preferred.
>   Using ``-drive if=none`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u
>   RISC-V machine is deprecated. Use ``-drive if=pflash`` instead.
>   
> +``-no-hpet`` (since 7.0)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property.
> +Use ``-machine hpet=off`` instead.
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Forgot to CC: the libvirt folks, doing so now.

Seems like libvirt is still using -no-hpet in some few spots, so I guess 
these would need to be changed first, before we could finally remove this 
option in QEMU?

 Thomas