From patchwork Fri Sep 24 09:04:27 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Kevin Wolf X-Patchwork-Id: 12514585 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A4A3C433EF for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D2616103B for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:13:46 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 3D2616103B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:49648 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mThH7-0008NN-9o for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:13:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36506) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mThAe-00065N-PX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:07:04 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:23895) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mThAY-0003yD-7V for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:07:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1632474417; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=lf+dwWntK8Cwv6LA2A15j5eQ0oA722s1ysJP3KMCRqQ=; b=hW+w8kvLdjQeeNikag6wYzev5Mwsn/LgV7P96RHQNj70GR7IvK8QGAR+qS5SIiCfGb0pi2 Upj+aI7q9FU5CAFDqNNqKLrO2oHjgDbatUoGmPWRmGAECxCI7KtAmmUbEKa3biQqX3gZmT Otn+XIO7dtHGG9OvY4jkts0EFfFrCjg= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-177-8VelKijeN6alARTpTe5D8w-1; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:06:54 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 8VelKijeN6alARTpTe5D8w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6294C814254; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:06:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merkur.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.193.232]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 843435D9DC; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:06:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Kevin Wolf To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH 11/11] Deprecate stable non-JSON -device and -object Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:04:27 +0200 Message-Id: <20210924090427.9218-12-kwolf@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20210924090427.9218-1-kwolf@redhat.com> References: <20210924090427.9218-1-kwolf@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=kwolf@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=kwolf@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-1.473, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, pkrempa@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com, ehabkost@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, libvir-list@redhat.com, armbru@redhat.com, its@irrelevant.dk, pbonzini@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" We want to switch both from QemuOpts to the keyval parser in the future, which results in some incompatibilities, mainly around list handling. Mark the non-JSON version of both as unstable syntax so that management tools switch to JSON and we can later make the change without breaking things. Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf Reviewed-by: Eric Blake --- docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 3c2be84d80..42f6a478fb 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ Use ``-display sdl`` instead. Use ``-display curses`` instead. +Stable non-JSON ``-device`` and ``-object`` syntax (since 6.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +If you rely on a stable interface for ``-device`` and ``-object`` that doesn't +change incompatibly between QEMU versions (e.g. because you are using the QEMU +command line as a machine interface in scripts rather than interactively), use +JSON syntax for these options instead. + +There is no intention to remove support for non-JSON syntax entirely, but +future versions may change the way to spell some options. + Plugin argument passing through ``arg=`` (since 6.1) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''