@subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
-The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
-``-machine accel=tcg''.
+The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting ``-accel tcg''.
@subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert
the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options.
+@subsection Creating sound card devices and vnc without audiodev= property (since 4.2)
+
+When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card
+should specify an @code{audiodev=} property. Additionally, when using
+vnc, you should specify an @code{audiodev=} propery if you plan to
+transmit audio through the VNC protocol.
+
@subsection -mon ...,control=readline,pretty=on|off (since 4.1)
The @code{pretty=on|off} switch has no effect for HMP monitors, but is
The @code{-realtime mlock=on|off} argument has been replaced by the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
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 block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)
+@subsection change (since 2.5.0)
+
+Use ``blockdev-change-medium'' or ``change-vnc-password'' instead.
+
+@subsection migrate_set_downtime and migrate_set_speed (since 2.8.0)
-"autoload" parameter is now ignored. All bitmaps are automatically loaded
-from qcow2 images.
+Use ``migrate-set-parameters'' instead.
+
+@subsection migrate-set-cache-size and query-migrate-cache-size (since 2.11.0)
+
+Use ``migrate-set-parameters'' and ``query-migrate-parameters'' instead.
@subsection query-block result field dirty-bitmaps[i].status (since 4.0)
the query-block command is deprecated. Two new boolean fields,
``recording'' and ``busy'' effectively replace it.
+@subsection query-block result field dirty-bitmaps (Since 4.2)
+
+The ``dirty-bitmaps`` field of the ``BlockInfo`` structure, returned by
+the query-block command is itself now deprecated. The ``dirty-bitmaps``
+field of the ``BlockDeviceInfo`` struct should be used instead, which is the
+type of the ``inserted`` field in query-block replies, as well as the
+type of array items in query-named-block-nodes.
+
+Since the ``dirty-bitmaps`` field is optionally present in both the old and
+new locations, clients must use introspection to learn where to anticipate
+the field if/when it does appear in command output.
+
@subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
@section System emulator devices
-@subsection bluetooth (since 3.1)
+@subsection ide-drive (since 4.2)
+
+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.
-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.
+@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.
@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)
it is to reinvoke @command{qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0} limited to just a
subset of the image.
+@subsection qemu-img convert -n -o (since 4.2.0)
+
+All options specified in @option{-o} are image creation options, so
+they have no effect when used with @option{-n} to skip image creation.
+Silently ignored options can be confusing, so this combination of
+options will be made an error in future versions.
+
@section Build system
@subsection Python 2 support (since 4.1.0)
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
+
+What follows is a record of recently removed, formerly deprecated
+features that serves as a record for users who have encountered
+trouble after a recent upgrade.
+
+@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
+
+@subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 4.2.0)
+
+The "autoload" parameter has been ignored since 2.12.0. All bitmaps
+are automatically loaded from qcow2 images.
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