1 @node Deprecated features
2 @appendix Deprecated features
4 In general features are intended to be supported indefinitely once
5 introduced into QEMU. In the event that a feature needs to be removed,
6 it will be listed in this appendix. The feature will remain functional
7 for 2 releases prior to actual removal. Deprecated features may also
8 generate warnings on the console when QEMU starts up, or if activated
9 via a monitor command, however, this is not a mandatory requirement.
11 Prior to the 2.10.0 release there was no official policy on how
12 long features would be deprecated prior to their removal, nor
13 any documented list of which features were deprecated. Thus
14 any features deprecated prior to 2.10.0 will be treated as if
15 they were first deprecated in the 2.10.0 release.
17 What follows is a list of all features currently marked as
20 @section System emulator command line arguments
22 @subsection -machine enforce-config-section=on|off (since 3.1)
24 The @option{enforce-config-section} parameter is replaced by the
25 @option{-global migration.send-configuration=@var{on|off}} option.
27 @subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
29 The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
30 ``-machine accel=tcg''.
32 @subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
34 The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
35 the ``-device usb-DEV'' argument instead. The deprecated syntax
36 would automatically enable USB support on the machine type.
37 If using the new syntax, USB support must be explicitly
38 enabled via the ``-machine usb=on'' argument.
40 @subsection -virtioconsole (since 3.0.0)
42 Option @option{-virtioconsole} has been replaced by
43 @option{-device virtconsole}.
45 @subsection -clock (since 3.0.0)
47 The @code{-clock} option is ignored since QEMU version 1.7.0. There is no
48 replacement since it is not needed anymore.
50 @subsection -enable-hax (since 3.0.0)
52 The @option{-enable-hax} option has been replaced by @option{-accel hax}.
53 Both options have been introduced in QEMU version 2.9.0.
55 @subsection -drive file=json:@{...@{'driver':'file'@}@} (since 3.0)
57 The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host
58 devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver
59 for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate.
61 @subsection -net ...,name=@var{name} (since 3.1)
63 The @option{name} parameter of the @option{-net} option is a synonym
64 for the @option{id} parameter, which should now be used instead.
66 @subsection -smp (invalid topologies) (since 3.1)
68 CPU topology properties should describe whole machine topology including
71 However, historically it was possible to start QEMU with an incorrect topology
72 where @math{@var{n} <= @var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} < @var{maxcpus}},
73 which could lead to an incorrect topology enumeration by the guest.
74 Support for invalid topologies will be removed, the user must ensure
75 topologies described with -smp include all possible cpus, i.e.
76 @math{@var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} = @var{maxcpus}}.
78 @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
80 @subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)
82 "autoload" parameter is now ignored. All bitmaps are automatically loaded
85 @subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
87 The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
89 @subsection query-cpus-fast "arch" output member (since 3.0.0)
91 The ``arch'' output member of the ``query-cpus-fast'' command is
92 replaced by the ``target'' output member.
94 @subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
96 Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
97 documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional
100 @section Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
102 @subsection The hub_id parameter of 'hostfwd_add' / 'hostfwd_remove' (since 3.1)
104 The @option{[hub_id name]} parameter tuple of the 'hostfwd_add' and
105 'hostfwd_remove' HMP commands has been replaced by @option{netdev_id}.
107 @subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
109 Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
110 documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional details.
112 @section System emulator devices
114 @subsection bluetooth (since 3.1)
116 The bluetooth subsystem is unmaintained since many years and likely bitrotten
117 quite a bit. It will be removed without replacement unless some users speaks
118 up at the @email{qemu-devel@@nongnu.org} mailing list with information about
121 @section System emulator machines
123 @subsection pc-0.12, pc-0.13, pc-0.14 and pc-0.15 (since 4.0)
125 These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
126 from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
128 @subsection prep (PowerPC) (since 3.1)
130 This machine type uses an unmaintained firmware, broken in lots of ways,
131 and unable to start post-2004 operating systems. 40p machine type should be
134 @section Device options
136 @subsection Block device options
138 @subsubsection "backing": "" (since 2.12.0)
140 In order to prevent QEMU from automatically opening an image's backing
141 chain, use ``"backing": null'' instead.
143 @subsubsection rbd keyvalue pair encoded filenames: "" (since 3.1.0)
145 Options for ``rbd'' should be specified according to its runtime options,
146 like other block drivers. Legacy parsing of keyvalue pair encoded
147 filenames is useful to open images with the old format for backing files;
148 These image files should be updated to use the current format.
150 Example of legacy encoding:
152 @code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.filename":"rbd:rbd/name"@}}
154 The above, converted to the current supported format:
156 @code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"@}}