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@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ error in the future.
 The @code{-realtime mlock=on|off} argument has been replaced by the
 @code{-overcommit mem-lock=on|off} argument.
 
-@subsection -virtfs_synth (since 4.1)
-
-The ``-virtfs_synth'' argument is now deprecated. Please use ``-fsdev synth''
-and ``-device virtio-9p-...'' instead.
-
 @subsection -numa node,mem=@var{size} (since 4.1)
 
 The parameter @option{mem} of @option{-numa node} is used to assign a part of
@@ -147,6 +142,12 @@ QEMU 4.1 has three options, please migrate to one of these three:
       to do is specify the kernel they want to boot with the -kernel option
  3. ``-bios <file>`` - Tells QEMU to load the specified file as the firmwrae.
 
+@subsection -tb-size option (since 5.0)
+
+QEMU 5.0 introduced an alternative syntax to specify the size of the translation
+block cache, @option{-accel tcg,tb-size=}.  The new syntax deprecates the
+previously available @option{-tb-size} option.
+
 @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
 
 @subsection change (since 2.5.0)
@@ -247,16 +248,24 @@ via the CPU ``mmu`` option when using the ``rv32`` or ``rv64`` CPUs.
 
 @section System emulator devices
 
-@subsection bluetooth (since 3.1)
+@subsection ide-drive (since 4.2)
 
-The bluetooth subsystem is unmaintained since many years and likely bitrotten
-quite a bit. It will be removed without replacement unless some users speaks
-up at the @email{qemu-devel@@nongnu.org} mailing list with information about
-their usecases.
+The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
+'ide-cd' as appropriate to get an IDE hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
+
+@subsection scsi-disk (since 4.2)
+
+The 'scsi-disk' device is deprecated. Users should use 'scsi-hd' or
+'scsi-cd' as appropriate to get a SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
 
 @section System emulator machines
 
-@subsection pc-0.12, pc-0.13, pc-0.14 and pc-0.15 (since 4.0)
+@subsection mips r4k platform (since 4.2)
+
+This machine type is very old and unmaintained. Users should use the 'malta'
+machine type instead.
+
+@subsection pc-1.0, pc-1.1, pc-1.2 and pc-1.3 (since 5.0)
 
 These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
 from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
@@ -275,6 +284,17 @@ spec you can use the ``-cpu rv64gcsu,priv_spec=v1.9.1`` command line argument.
 
 @section Device options
 
+@subsection Emulated device options
+
+@subsubsection -device virtio-blk,scsi=on|off (since 5.0.0)
+
+The virtio-blk SCSI passthrough feature is a legacy VIRTIO feature.  VIRTIO 1.0
+and later do not support it because the virtio-scsi device was introduced for
+full SCSI support.  Use virtio-scsi instead when SCSI passthrough is required.
+
+Note this also applies to ``-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=on|off'', which is an
+alias.
+
 @subsection Block device options
 
 @subsubsection "backing": "" (since 2.12.0)
@@ -364,6 +384,14 @@ guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using te
 ``alias-of'' field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions'' QMP
 command.
 
+While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
+``query-cpu-definitions'' will have existing CPU model aliases
+point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
+(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models).  In future QEMU
+versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
+depending on the machine type, so management software must
+resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
+
 
 @node Recently removed features
 @appendix Recently removed features