[PATCH v2] i386: Deprecate the -no-hpet QEMU command line option
Peter Krempa
pkrempa at redhat.com
Tue Jan 3 08:57:09 UTC 2023
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:49:13 +0100, 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Rebased to current version from master branch / adjusted version info
> - Dropped the descrpition in hw/i386/pc.c (already done via another patch)
>
> Note: The "hpet" property should now show up in the output of the
> "query-command-line-options" QMP command since commit 2f129fc107b4a, so
> it should be feasible for libvirt now to properly probe for the property .
>
> docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
> softmmu/vl.c | 1 +
> qemu-options.hx | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Libvirt currently still uses '-no-hpet' but adapting to configure it via
machine should be straightforward. I'll post the patches soon hopefully.
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