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

[Igor Mammedov]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:05:43 +0100
Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com> 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>

Reviewed-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo 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: