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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 22 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 3b074b9ed4..8b136320e2 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ deprecated. System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- -Creating sound card devices without ``audiodev=`` property (since 4.2) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card -should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. - Short-form boolean options (since 6.0) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index e83ed087f6..f04036987b 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -442,11 +442,23 @@ line using a ``secret`` object instance. The ``-audiodev`` and ``-audio`` command line options are now the only way to specify audio backend settings. -Creating vnc without ``audiodev=`` property (removed in 8.2) -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -When using vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` property if -you plan to transmit audio through the VNC protocol. +Using ``-audiodev`` to define the default audio backend (removed in 8.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +If no audiodev property is specified, previous versions would use the +first ``-audiodev`` command line option as a fallback. Starting with +version 8.2, audio backends created with ``-audiodev`` will only be +used by clients (sound cards, machines with embedded sound hardware, VNC) +that refer to it in an ``audiodev=`` property. + +In order to configure a default audio backend, use the ``-audio`` +command line option without specifying a ``model``; while previous +versions of QEMU required a model, starting with version 8.2 +QEMU does not require a model and will not create any sound card +in this case. + +Note that the default audio backend must be configured on the command +line if the ``-nodefaults`` options is used. QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ |