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softmmu: remove deprecated --enable-fips option

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Users requiring FIPS support must build QEMU with either the libgcrypt
or gnutls libraries as the crytography backend.

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
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Daniel P. Berrangé 2022-03-04 10:27:42 +00:00
parent a1755db71e
commit c6b310b37c
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docs/about/deprecated.rst
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@ -67,18 +67,6 @@ and will cause a warning.
The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on``
rather than ``delay=off``.
``--enable-fips`` (since 6.0)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
This option restricts usage of certain cryptographic algorithms when
the host is operating in FIPS mode.
If FIPS compliance is required, QEMU should be built with the ``libgcrypt``
library enabled as a cryptography provider.
Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
``-writeconfig`` (since 6.0)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

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docs/about/removed-features.rst
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@ -336,6 +336,17 @@ for the RISC-V ``virt`` machine and ``sifive_u`` machine.
The ``-no-quit`` was a synonym for ``-display ...,window-close=off`` which
should be used instead.
``--enable-fips`` (removed in 7.1)
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
This option restricted usage of certain cryptographic algorithms when
the host is operating in FIPS mode.
If FIPS compliance is required, QEMU should be built with the ``libgcrypt``
or ``gnutls`` library enabled as a cryptography provider.
Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
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