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author | Daniel P. Berrangé | 2021-02-22 12:16:32 +0100 |
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committer | Daniel P. Berrangé | 2021-03-18 10:22:55 +0100 |
commit | 8d17adf34f501ded65a106572740760f0a75577c (patch) | |
tree | 34e18f45b5cb26145faa6ea53745141b658c3ecc /docs/system/removed-features.rst | |
parent | block: remove 'dirty-bitmaps' field from 'BlockInfo' struct (diff) | |
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block: remove support for using "file" driver with block/char devices
The 'host_device' and 'host_cdrom' drivers must be used instead.
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/system/removed-features.rst b/docs/system/removed-features.rst index d164d3f290..bff16b7b05 100644 --- a/docs/system/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/system/removed-features.rst @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ by the ``tls-authz`` and ``sasl-authz`` options. The ``pretty=on|off`` switch has no effect for HMP monitors and its use is rejected. +``-drive file=json:{...{'driver':'file'}}`` (removed 6.0) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host +devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver +for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate. + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ |