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 Build options
24 Previously QEMU has supported building against both SDL 1.2
25 and 2.0 series APIs. Support for the SDL 1.2 builds will be
26 discontinued, so maintainers should switch to using SDL 2.0,
29 @section System emulator command line arguments
31 @subsection -machine enforce-config-section=on|off (since 3.1)
33 The @option{enforce-config-section} parameter is replaced by the
34 @option{-global migration.send-configuration=@var{on|off}} option.
36 @subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
38 The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
39 ``-machine accel=tcg''.
41 @subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
43 The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
44 the ``-device usb-DEV'' argument instead. The deprecated syntax
45 would automatically enable USB support on the machine type.
46 If using the new syntax, USB support must be explicitly
47 enabled via the ``-machine usb=on'' argument.
49 @subsection -no-frame (since 2.12.0)
51 The @code{--no-frame} argument works with SDL 1.2 only. The other user
52 interfaces never implemented this in the first place. So this will be
53 removed together with SDL 1.2 support.
55 @subsection -virtioconsole (since 3.0.0)
57 Option @option{-virtioconsole} has been replaced by
58 @option{-device virtconsole}.
60 @subsection -clock (since 3.0.0)
62 The @code{-clock} option is ignored since QEMU version 1.7.0. There is no
63 replacement since it is not needed anymore.
65 @subsection -enable-hax (since 3.0.0)
67 The @option{-enable-hax} option has been replaced by @option{-accel hax}.
68 Both options have been introduced in QEMU version 2.9.0.
70 @subsection -drive file=json:@{...@{'driver':'file'@}@} (since 3.0)
72 The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host
73 devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver
74 for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate.
76 @subsection -net ...,name=@var{name} (since 3.1)
78 The @option{name} parameter of the @option{-net} option is a synonym
79 for the @option{id} parameter, which should now be used instead.
81 @subsection -smp (invalid topologies) (since 3.1)
83 CPU topology properties should describe whole machine topology including
86 However, historically it was possible to start QEMU with an incorrect topology
87 where @math{@var{n} <= @var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} < @var{maxcpus}},
88 which could lead to an incorrect topology enumeration by the guest.
89 Support for invalid topologies will be removed, the user must ensure
90 topologies described with -smp include all possible cpus, i.e.
91 @math{@var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} = @var{maxcpus}}.
93 @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
95 @subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)
97 "autoload" parameter is now ignored. All bitmaps are automatically loaded
100 @subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
102 The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
104 @subsection query-cpus-fast "arch" output member (since 3.0.0)
106 The ``arch'' output member of the ``query-cpus-fast'' command is
107 replaced by the ``target'' output member.
109 @subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
111 Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
112 documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional
115 @section Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
117 @subsection The hub_id parameter of 'hostfwd_add' / 'hostfwd_remove' (since 3.1)
119 The @option{[hub_id name]} parameter tuple of the 'hostfwd_add' and
120 'hostfwd_remove' HMP commands has been replaced by @option{netdev_id}.
122 @subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
124 Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
125 documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional details.
127 @section System emulator devices
129 @subsection bluetooth (since 3.1)
131 The bluetooth subsystem is unmaintained since many years and likely bitrotten
132 quite a bit. It will be removed without replacement unless some users speaks
133 up at the @email{qemu-devel@@nongnu.org} mailing list with information about
136 @section System emulator machines
138 @subsection pc-0.12, pc-0.13, pc-0.14 and pc-0.15 (since 4.0)
140 These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
141 from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
143 @subsection prep (PowerPC) (since 3.1)
145 This machine type uses an unmaintained firmware, broken in lots of ways,
146 and unable to start post-2004 operating systems. 40p machine type should be
149 @section Device options
151 @subsection Block device options
153 @subsubsection "backing": "" (since 2.12.0)
155 In order to prevent QEMU from automatically opening an image's backing
156 chain, use ``"backing": null'' instead.
158 @subsubsection rbd keyvalue pair encoded filenames: "" (since 3.1.0)
160 Options for ``rbd'' should be specified according to its runtime options,
161 like other block drivers. Legacy parsing of keyvalue pair encoded
162 filenames is useful to open images with the old format for backing files;
163 These image files should be updated to use the current format.
165 Example of legacy encoding:
167 @code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.filename":"rbd:rbd/name"@}}
169 The above, converted to the current supported format:
171 @code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"@}}
173 @subsection vio-spapr-device device options
175 @subsubsection "irq": "" (since 3.0.0)
177 The ``irq'' property is obsoleted.