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diff --git a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt index 9889521e3c..245cdf29c7 100644 --- a/docs/qdev-device-use.txt +++ b/docs/qdev-device-use.txt @@ -125,7 +125,14 @@ The -device argument differs in detail for each type of drive: * if=pflash, if=mtd, if=sd, if=xen are not yet available with -device -For USB storage devices, you can use something like: +For USB devices, the old way was actually different: + + -usbdevice disk:format=FMT:FILENAME + +"Was" because "disk:" is gone since v2.12.0. + +The old way provided much less control than -drive's OPTS... The new +way fixes that: -device usb-storage,drive=DRIVE-ID,removable=RMB @@ -178,6 +185,9 @@ The appropriate DEVNAME depends on the machine type. For type "pc": -device usb-braille,chardev=braille -chardev braille,id=braille +* -usbdevice serial::chardev is gone since v2.12.0. It became + -device usb-serial,chardev=dev. + LEGACY-CHARDEV translates to -chardev HOST-OPTS... as follows: * null becomes -chardev null @@ -231,6 +241,12 @@ The old way to define the guest part looks like this: -net nic,netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,model=MODEL,name=ID,addr=STR,vectors=V +Except for USB it looked like this: + + -usbdevice net:netdev=NET-ID,macaddr=MACADDR,name=ID + +"Looked" because "net:" is gone since v2.12.0. + The new way is -device: -device DEVNAME,netdev=NET-ID,mac=MACADDR,DEV-OPTS... @@ -328,6 +344,13 @@ The new way is -device DEVNAME,DEV-OPTS... Details depend on DRIVER: * u2f -device u2f-{emulated,passthru} * braille See "Character Devices" +Until v2.12.0, we additionally had + +* host:... See "Host Device Assignment" +* disk:... See "Block Devices" +* serial:... See "Character Devices" +* net:... See "Network Devices" + === Watchdog Devices === Host and guest part of watchdog devices have always been separate. @@ -343,7 +366,14 @@ and host USB devices. PCI devices can only be assigned with -device: -device vfio-pci,host=ADDR,id=ID -To assign a host USB device use: +The old way to assign a USB host device + + -usbdevice host:auto:BUS.ADDR:VID:PRID + +was removed in v2.12.0. Any of BUS, ADDR, VID, PRID could be the +wildcard *. + +The new way is -device usb-host,hostbus=BUS,hostaddr=ADDR,vendorid=VID,productid=PRID |