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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 | |
| 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>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/system')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/deprecated.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/removed-features.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index c7e80fa731..d5e80d66eb 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ deprecated. System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- -``-drive file=json:{...{'driver':'file'}}`` (since 3.0) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -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_AUDIO_`` environment variables and ``-audio-help`` (since 4.0) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 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 ------------------------------------ |