[PATCH] Deprecate the "-no-acpi" command line switch
Thomas Huth
thuth at redhat.com
Fri Feb 24 07:59:41 UTC 2023
On 24/02/2023 08.56, Sunil V L wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 08:34:41AM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> Similar to "-no-hpet", the "-no-acpi" switch is a legacy command
>> line option that should be replaced with the "acpi" machine parameter
>> nowadays.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com>
>> ---
>> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
>> softmmu/vl.c | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> index ee95bcb1a6..15084f7bea 100644
>> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
>> @@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ form is preferred.
>> The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property.
>> Use ``-machine hpet=off`` instead.
>>
>> +``-no-acpi`` (since 8.0)
>> +''''''''''''''''''''''''
>> +
>> +The ``-no-acpi`` setting has been turned into a machine property.
>> +Use ``-machine acpi=off`` instead.
>> +
>> ``-accel hax`` (since 8.0)
>> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>>
>> diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
>> index 459588aa7d..07d5215325 100644
>> --- a/softmmu/vl.c
>> +++ b/softmmu/vl.c
>> @@ -3271,6 +3271,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv)
>> vnc_parse(optarg);
>> break;
>> case QEMU_OPTION_no_acpi:
>> + warn_report("-no-hpet is deprecated, use '-machine acpi=off' instead");
>
> "no-acpi" is deprecated?
That's at least my plan. The patch is under discussion, but at least in my
opinion, this option should go away in the long run, yes.
> Is my understanding correct that there is no need to update qemu-options.hx ?
If nobody objects to my patch here, it indeed does not make too much sense
to enable -no-acpi on risc-v or other platforms now, yes.
Thomas
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