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| -rw-r--r-- | chardev/char.c | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/deprecated.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/unit/test-char.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chardev/char.c b/chardev/char.c index dd925cf9a4..7be9579dd8 100644 --- a/chardev/char.c +++ b/chardev/char.c @@ -534,9 +534,10 @@ static const ChardevClass *char_get_class(const char *driver, Error **errp) return cc; } -static const struct ChardevAlias { +static struct ChardevAlias { const char *typename; const char *alias; + bool deprecation_warning_printed; } chardev_alias_table[] = { #ifdef HAVE_CHARDEV_PARPORT { "parallel", "parport" }, @@ -584,6 +585,10 @@ help_string_append(const char *name, bool is_cli_alias, void *opaque) { GString *str = opaque; + if (is_cli_alias) { + return; + } + g_string_append_printf(str, "\n %s", name); } @@ -592,6 +597,11 @@ static const char *chardev_alias_translate(const char *name) int i; for (i = 0; i < (int)ARRAY_SIZE(chardev_alias_table); i++) { if (g_strcmp0(chardev_alias_table[i].alias, name) == 0) { + if (!chardev_alias_table[i].deprecation_warning_printed) { + warn_report("The alias '%s' is deprecated, use '%s' instead", + name, chardev_alias_table[i].typename); + chardev_alias_table[i].deprecation_warning_printed = true; + } return chardev_alias_table[i].typename; } } diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index 15b9767ba5..dfc12eef51 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ needs two devices (``-device intel-hda -device hda-duplex``) and ``pcspk`` which can be activated using ``-machine pcspk-audiodev=<name>``. +``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (since 6.0) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +``tty`` and ``parport`` are aliases that will be removed. Instead, the +actual backend names ``serial`` and ``parallel`` should be used. + RISC-V ``-bios`` (since 5.1) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/tests/unit/test-char.c b/tests/unit/test-char.c index 755d54c15e..5b3b48ebac 100644 --- a/tests/unit/test-char.c +++ b/tests/unit/test-char.c @@ -1199,12 +1199,6 @@ static void char_serial_test(void) /* TODO: add more tests with a pty */ object_unparent(OBJECT(chr)); - /* test tty alias */ - qemu_opt_set(opts, "backend", "tty", &error_abort); - chr = qemu_chr_new_from_opts(opts, NULL, &error_abort); - g_assert_nonnull(chr); - object_unparent(OBJECT(chr)); - qemu_opts_del(opts); } #endif |