[PATCH 04/14] softmmu: remove '-usbdevice' command line option

Thomas Huth thuth at redhat.com
Wed Feb 24 13:58:19 UTC 2021


On 24/02/2021 14.11, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> This was replaced by the '-device usb-DEV' option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
>   docs/system/deprecated.rst       |  9 -------
>   docs/system/removed-features.rst |  9 +++++++
>   softmmu/vl.c                     | 42 --------------------------------
>   3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

Last time I tried to remove -usbdevice, there was some concerns that 
-usbdevice braille might still be useful for some people, see the thread 
that started here:

  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg00651.html

(and Gerd's summary here: 
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-01/msg01520.html )

So we might need a new "sugared" option like "-braille" instead before we 
can fully remove -usbdevice? ... or we just keep -usbdevice as a bittersweet 
remainder?

  Thomas




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