[PATCH for-7.0] i386: Deprecate the -no-hpet QEMU command line option
Thomas Huth
thuth at redhat.com
Mon Dec 6 08:47:58 UTC 2021
On 06/12/2021 09.40, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property a while ago
> already, so we should finally do the next step and deprecate the
> legacy CLI option, too.
> While we're at it, add a proper help text for the machine property, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com>
> ---
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
> hw/i386/pc.c | 2 ++
> qemu-options.hx | 2 +-
> softmmu/vl.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 5693abb663..1dfe69aa6a 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ form is preferred.
> Using ``-drive if=none`` to configure the OTP device of the sifive_u
> RISC-V machine is deprecated. Use ``-drive if=pflash`` instead.
>
> +``-no-hpet`` (since 7.0)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property.
> +Use ``-machine hpet=off`` instead.
[...]
Forgot to CC: the libvirt folks, doing so now.
Seems like libvirt is still using -no-hpet in some few spots, so I guess
these would need to be changed first, before we could finally remove this
option in QEMU?
Thomas
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