qapi/char: Deprecate backend type "memory"

It's an alias for "ringbuf" we kept for backward compatibility; see
commit 3a1da42eb3 (qapi: Rename ChardevBackend member "memory" to
"ringbuf").  Deprecation is long overdue.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20240203080228.2766159-5-armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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Markus Armbruster 2024-02-03 09:02:28 +01:00
parent 563799f6c0
commit b04c12282b
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@ -380,6 +380,14 @@ Specifying the iSCSI password in plain text on the command line using the
used instead, to refer to a ``--object secret...`` instance that provides
a password via a file, or encrypted.
Character device options
''''''''''''''''''''''''
Backend ``memory`` (since 9.0)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
``memory`` is a deprecated synonym for ``ringbuf``.
CPU device properties
'''''''''''''''''''''