[PATCH v4 13/13] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=`
Alex Bennée
alex.bennee at linaro.org
Mon Aug 2 10:53:49 UTC 2021
Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr at gmail.com> writes:
> Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr at gmail.com>
> ---
> docs/system/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> index e2e0090878..7ae6f1f727 100644
> --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst
> @@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if
> if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not be
> specified.
>
> +Plugin argument passing through ``arg=<string>`` (since 6.1)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +Passing TCG plugins arguments through ``arg=`` is redundant is makes the
> +command-line less readable, especially when the argument itself consist of a
> +name and a value, e.g. ``-plugin plugin_name,arg="arg_name=arg_value"``.
> +Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is redundant.
We should probably also mention that single word arguments are treated
as booleans and prefer the flag=on form. Anyway:
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee at linaro.org>
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Alex Bennée
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