util: remove support -chardev tty and -chardev parport

These were deprecated in 6.0 and can now be removed.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Paolo Bonzini 2022-12-16 10:56:53 +01:00
parent 8b902e3d23
commit 6f9f630836
5 changed files with 10 additions and 49 deletions

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@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. Additionally, when using
vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` property if you plan to
transmit audio through the VNC protocol.
``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (since 6.0)
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``tty`` and ``parport`` are aliases that will be removed. Instead, the
actual backend names ``serial`` and ``parallel`` should be used.
Short-form boolean options (since 6.0)
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@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix
the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' should be written either as
'32M' or as '0x2000000'.
``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (removed in 8.0)
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``tty`` and ``parport`` used to be aliases for ``serial`` and ``parallel``
respectively. The actual backend names should be used instead.
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
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@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ LEGACY-CHARDEV translates to -chardev HOST-OPTS... as follows:
* unix:FNAME becomes -chardev socket,path=FNAME
* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parport,file=/dev/parportN
* /dev/parportN becomes -chardev parallel,file=/dev/parportN
* /dev/ppiN likewise
* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev tty,path=/dev/FNAME
* Any other /dev/FNAME becomes -chardev serial,path=/dev/FNAME
* mon:LEGACY-CHARDEV is special: it multiplexes the monitor onto the
character device defined by LEGACY-CHARDEV. -chardev provides more