Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Thomas Huth
On 10/03/2021 14.17, Markus Armbruster wrote: Thomas Huth writes: When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. Pointer? I missed it. Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not such a

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 2:17 PM Markus Armbruster wrote: > One more has crept in: "u2f-key" (commit bb014a810, v5.2). It's buggy: > > $ qemu-system-x86_64 -S -usbdevice u2f-key > qemu-system-x86_64: -usbdevice u2f-key: '-usbdevice' is deprecated, > please use '-device usb-...' instead >

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Daniel P. Berrangé, le mer. 10 mars 2021 15:31:48 +, a ecrit: > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 04:26:46PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > On 10/03/21 16:02, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints > > > > > that > > > > > "-usbdevice

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 04:26:46PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 10/03/21 16:02, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that > > > > "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. > > > Pointer? I missed it. > >

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 10/03/21 16:02, Samuel Thibault wrote: When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. Pointer? I missed it. For instance https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg00693.html

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
Markus Armbruster, le mer. 10 mars 2021 14:17:48 +0100, a ecrit: > Thomas Huth writes: > > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that > > "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. > > Pointer? I missed it. For instance

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Markus Armbruster
Thomas Huth writes: > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that > "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. Pointer? I missed it. > Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not such a big burden to > keep it around, and it's also

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 06:21:03PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 09/03/21 17:50, Thomas Huth wrote: > > +``-usbdevice audio`` (removed in 6.0) > > +' > > + > > +This option lacked the possibility to specify an audio backend device. > > +Use ``-device

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Thomas Huth
On 10/03/2021 11.02, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 05:50:35PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-10 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 05:50:35PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that > "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. > Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not such a big burden to > keep it around,

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-09 Thread Daniel P . Berrangé
On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 05:50:35PM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote: > When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that > "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. > Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not such a big burden to > keep it around,

Re: [PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-09 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On 09/03/21 17:50, Thomas Huth wrote: +``-usbdevice audio`` (removed in 6.0) +' + +This option lacked the possibility to specify an audio backend device. +Use ``-device usb-audio`` now instead (and specify a corresponding USB +host controller if necessary).

[PATCH v2] usb: Un-deprecate -usbdevice (except for -usbdevice audio which gets removed)

2021-03-09 Thread Thomas Huth
When trying to remove the -usbdevice option, there were complaints that "-usbdevice braille" is still a very useful shortcut for some people. Thus we never remove this option. Since it's not such a big burden to keep it around, and it's also convenient in the sense that you don't have to worry to