[PATCH v2] Deprecate the "-no-acpi" command line switch

[Thomas Huth]

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>
---
 v2: Fixed stypid copy-n-paste bug (Thanks to Sunil for spotting it!)

 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..a3c59b5462 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-acpi is deprecated, use '-machine acpi=off' instead");
                 qdict_put_str(machine_opts_dict, "acpi", "off");
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_no_hpet:
-- 
2.31.1