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Diffstat (limited to 'hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c index 02790e3237..36524a5728 100644 --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c @@ -1597,8 +1597,18 @@ static void virtio_pci_device_plugged(DeviceState *d, Error **errp) if (legacy) { if (!virtio_legacy_allowed(vdev)) { - error_setg(errp, "device is modern-only, use disable-legacy=on"); - return; + /* + * To avoid migration issues, we allow legacy mode when legacy + * check is disabled in the old machine types (< 5.1). + */ + if (virtio_legacy_check_disabled(vdev)) { + warn_report("device is modern-only, but for backward " + "compatibility legacy is allowed"); + } else { + error_setg(errp, + "device is modern-only, use disable-legacy=on"); + return; + } } if (virtio_host_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM)) { error_setg(errp, "VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM was supported by" |