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-rw-r--r--docs/about/deprecated.rst5
-rw-r--r--softmmu/vl.c1
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index be19317470..6155b32ee6 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ Use ``-display sdl`` instead.
Use ``-display curses`` instead.
+``-watchdog`` (since 6.2)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+Use ``-device`` instead.
+
``-smp`` ("parameter=0" SMP configurations) (since 6.2)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index af0c4cbd99..570120f5c4 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3256,6 +3256,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
error_report("only one watchdog option may be given");
exit(1);
}
+ warn_report("-watchdog is deprecated; use -device instead.");
watchdog = optarg;
break;
case QEMU_OPTION_action: