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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/removed-features.rst | 12 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index f031414769..03f7cabf73 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -68,19 +68,6 @@ configurations (e.g. -smp drawers=1,books=1,clusters=1 for x86 PC machine) is marked deprecated since 9.0, users have to ensure that all the topology members described with -smp are supported by the target machine. -``-old-param`` option for booting Arm kernels via param_struct (since 10.0) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -The ``-old-param`` command line option is specific to Arm targets: -it is used when directly booting a guest kernel to pass it the -command line and other information via the old ``param_struct`` ABI, -rather than the newer ATAGS or DTB mechanisms. This option was only -ever needed to support ancient kernels on some old board types -like the ``akita`` or ``terrier``; it has been deprecated in the -kernel since 2001. None of the board types QEMU supports need -``param_struct`` support, so this option has been deprecated and will -be removed in a future QEMU version. - QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ diff --git a/docs/about/removed-features.rst b/docs/about/removed-features.rst index 65fd564d22..07ca4079d4 100644 --- a/docs/about/removed-features.rst +++ b/docs/about/removed-features.rst @@ -560,6 +560,18 @@ the options along with the machine models they were intended for. Use ``-run-with user=..`` instead. +``-old-param`` option for booting Arm kernels via param_struct (removed in 10.2) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``-old-param`` command line option was specific to Arm targets: +it was used when directly booting a guest kernel to pass it the +command line and other information via the old ``param_struct`` ABI, +rather than the newer ATAGS or DTB mechanisms. This option was only +ever needed to support ancient kernels on some old board types +like the ``akita`` or ``terrier``; it has been deprecated in the +kernel since 2001. None of the board types QEMU supports need +``param_struct`` support, so this option has been removed. + User-mode emulator command line arguments ----------------------------------------- |