[PULL,10/11] hw/nvme: deprecate the use-intel-id compatibility parameter

Commit Message

Klaus Jensen June 3, 2022, 7:53 p.m. UTC

From: Klaus Jensen <[e-mail]>

Since version 5.2 commit 6eb7a071292a ("hw/block/nvme: change controller
pci id"), the emulated NVMe controller has defaulted to a non-Intel PCI
identifier.

Deprecate the compatibility parameter so we can get rid of it once and
for all.

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Klaus Jensen <[e-mail]>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 47a8628b5601..aa2e32020707 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -303,6 +303,14 @@  In QEMU versions 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0, the ``nvme-ns`` generates an EUI-64
 identifer that is not globally unique. If an EUI-64 identifer is required, the
 user must set it explicitly using the ``nvme-ns`` device parameter ``eui64``.
 
+``-device nvme,use-intel-id=on|off`` (since 7.1)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``nvme`` device originally used a PCI Vendor/Device Identifier combination
+from Intel that was not properly allocated. Since version 5.2, the controller
+has used a properly allocated identifier. Deprecate the ``use-intel-id``
+machine compatibility parameter.
+
 
 Block device options
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