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-rw-r--r--hw/i386/pc_piix.c1
-rw-r--r--include/hw/boards.h3
-rw-r--r--qemu-doc.texi5
-rw-r--r--vl.c10
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index e9b6f064fb..d357907b0b 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_0_11_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
{
pc_i440fx_0_12_machine_options(m);
m->hw_version = "0.11";
+ m->deprecation_reason = "use a newer machine type instead";
SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(m, PC_COMPAT_0_11);
}
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index ef7457f5dd..79069ddcbe 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ typedef struct {
/**
* MachineClass:
+ * @deprecation_reason: If set, the machine is marked as deprecated. The
+ * string should provide some clear information about what to use instead.
* @max_cpus: maximum number of CPUs supported. Default: 1
* @min_cpus: minimum number of CPUs supported. Default: 1
* @default_cpus: number of CPUs instantiated if none are specified. Default: 1
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ struct MachineClass {
char *name;
const char *alias;
const char *desc;
+ const char *deprecation_reason;
void (*init)(MachineState *state);
void (*reset)(void);
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 282bc3dc35..16fcb47901 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -2943,6 +2943,11 @@ support page sizes < 4096 any longer.
@section System emulator machines
+@subsection pc-0.10 and pc-0.11 (since 3.0)
+
+These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
+from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
+
@section Device options
@subsection Block device options
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index a37dfe4684..d26f19b06d 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2560,8 +2560,9 @@ static gint machine_class_cmp(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
if (mc->alias) {
printf("%-20s %s (alias of %s)\n", mc->alias, mc->desc, mc->name);
}
- printf("%-20s %s%s\n", mc->name, mc->desc,
- mc->is_default ? " (default)" : "");
+ printf("%-20s %s%s%s\n", mc->name, mc->desc,
+ mc->is_default ? " (default)" : "",
+ mc->deprecation_reason ? " (deprecated)" : "");
}
}
@@ -4263,6 +4264,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
configure_accelerator(current_machine);
+ if (!qtest_enabled() && machine_class->deprecation_reason) {
+ error_report("Machine type '%s' is deprecated: %s",
+ machine_class->name, machine_class->deprecation_reason);
+ }
+
/*
* Register all the global properties, including accel properties,
* machine properties, and user-specified ones.