On Wed, 8 May 2019 10:26:53 +0200 Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 07/05/2019 10.45, Greg Kurz wrote: > > The synth fsdriver never got used for anything else but the > > QTest testcase for VirtIO 9P. And even there, QTest directly > > uses -fsdev synth and -device virtio-9p-{pci|device}. > > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gr...@kaod.org> > > --- > > > > This should be Cc'd to libvir-l...@redhat.com according to MAINTAINERS, > > but libvirt doesn't know about -virtfs_synth, so I choose to not spam :) > > --- > > qemu-deprecated.texi | 4 ++++ > > qemu-options.hx | 3 ++- > > vl.c | 5 +++++ > > 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi > > index 842e71b11dcc..f0ff065e7dc1 100644 > > --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi > > +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi > > @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ backend settings instead of environment variables. To > > ease migration to > > the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert > > the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options. > > > > +@subsection -virtfs_synth (since 4.1) > > + > > +The ``-virtfs_synth'' argument is now deprecated with no replacement. > > + > > @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands > > > > @subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0) > > diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx > > index 51802cbb266a..9c5cc2e6bf70 100644 > > --- a/qemu-options.hx > > +++ b/qemu-options.hx > > @@ -1368,7 +1368,8 @@ DEF("virtfs_synth", 0, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs_synth, > > STEXI > > @item -virtfs_synth > > @findex -virtfs_synth > > -Create synthetic file system image > > +Create synthetic file system image. Note that this option is deprecated > > with > > +no replacement. > > ETEXI > > > > DEF("iscsi", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_iscsi, > > diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c > > index d9fea0a11966..c010cb3e98df 100644 > > --- a/vl.c > > +++ b/vl.c > > @@ -3507,6 +3507,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) > > QemuOpts *fsdev; > > QemuOpts *device; > > > > + warn_report("The -virtfs_synth option is deprecated and > > will " > > + "be removed soon. If the -virtfs_synth option > > is " > > + "still useful for you, please send a mail to " > > + "qemu-devel@nongnu.org with your usecase."); > > + > > fsdev = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("fsdev"), > > "v_synth", > > 1, NULL); > > if (!fsdev) { > > Do you plan to only deprecate the -virtfs_synth option, or also "-fsdev > synth", i.e. the whole "synth" driver? In the first case, I think you > should point the users to use "-fsdev synth" instead of saying "with no > replacement". The plan is to remove -virtfs_synth only. You're right, I'll point users to use "-fsdev synth" and "-device virtio-9p" instead. > In the second case, I think you should declare "-fsdev > synth" in the documentation, too. > > Thomas