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QEMU 5.1 changed the behaviour of the default boot for the RISC-V virt and sifive_u machines. This patch moves that change from the deprecated.rst file to the removed-features.rst file and the target-riscv.rst. Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com> Message-id: 4f1c261e7f69045ab8bb8926d85fe1d35e48ea5b.1620081256.git.alistair.francis@wdc.com
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Deprecated features
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===================
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In general features are intended to be supported indefinitely once
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introduced into QEMU. In the event that a feature needs to be removed,
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it will be listed in this section. The feature will remain functional for the
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release in which it was deprecated and one further release. After these two
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releases, the feature is liable to be removed. Deprecated features may also
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generate warnings on the console when QEMU starts up, or if activated via a
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monitor command, however, this is not a mandatory requirement.
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Prior to the 2.10.0 release there was no official policy on how
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long features would be deprecated prior to their removal, nor
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any documented list of which features were deprecated. Thus
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any features deprecated prior to 2.10.0 will be treated as if
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they were first deprecated in the 2.10.0 release.
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What follows is a list of all features currently marked as
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deprecated.
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System emulator command line arguments
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--------------------------------------
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``QEMU_AUDIO_`` environment variables and ``-audio-help`` (since 4.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The ``-audiodev`` argument is now the preferred way to specify audio
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backend settings instead of environment variables. To ease migration to
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the new format, the ``-audiodev-help`` option can be used to convert
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the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev`` options.
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Creating sound card devices and vnc without ``audiodev=`` property (since 4.2)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card
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should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. Additionally, when using
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vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` property if you plan to
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transmit audio through the VNC protocol.
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Creating sound card devices using ``-soundhw`` (since 5.1)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Sound card devices should be created using ``-device`` instead. The
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names are the same for most devices. The exceptions are ``hda`` which
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needs two devices (``-device intel-hda -device hda-duplex``) and
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``pcspk`` which can be activated using ``-machine
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pcspk-audiodev=<name>``.
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``-chardev`` backend aliases ``tty`` and ``parport`` (since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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``tty`` and ``parport`` are aliases that will be removed. Instead, the
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actual backend names ``serial`` and ``parallel`` should be used.
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Short-form boolean options (since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Boolean options such as ``share=on``/``share=off`` could be written
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in short form as ``share`` and ``noshare``. This is now deprecated
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and will cause a warning.
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``delay`` option for socket character devices (since 6.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The replacement for the ``nodelay`` short-form boolean option is ``nodelay=on``
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rather than ``delay=off``.
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``--enable-fips`` (since 6.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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This option restricts usage of certain cryptographic algorithms when
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the host is operating in FIPS mode.
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If FIPS compliance is required, QEMU should be built with the ``libgcrypt``
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library enabled as a cryptography provider.
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Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
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supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
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``-writeconfig`` (since 6.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The ``-writeconfig`` option is not able to serialize the entire contents
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of the QEMU command line. It is thus considered a failed experiment
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and deprecated, with no current replacement.
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Userspace local APIC with KVM (x86, since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Using ``-M kernel-irqchip=off`` with x86 machine types that include a local
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APIC is deprecated. The ``split`` setting is supported, as is using
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``-M kernel-irqchip=off`` with the ISA PC machine type.
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hexadecimal sizes with scaling multipliers (since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Input parameters that take a size value should only use a size suffix
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(such as 'k' or 'M') when the base is written in decimal, and not when
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the value is hexadecimal. That is, '0x20M' is deprecated, and should
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be written either as '32M' or as '0x2000000'.
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``-spice password=string`` (since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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This option is insecure because the SPICE password remains visible in
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the process listing. This is replaced by the new ``password-secret``
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option which lets the password be securely provided on the command
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line using a ``secret`` object instance.
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``opened`` property of ``rng-*`` objects (since 6.0.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The only effect of specifying ``opened=on`` in the command line or QMP
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``object-add`` is that the device is opened immediately, possibly before all
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other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if
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``opened`` was the last option) or cause errors. The property is therefore
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useless and should not be specified.
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``loaded`` property of ``secret`` and ``secret_keyring`` objects (since 6.0.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The only effect of specifying ``loaded=on`` in the command line or QMP
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``object-add`` is that the secret is loaded immediately, possibly before all
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other options have been processed. This will either have no effect (if
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``loaded`` was the last option) or cause options to be effectively ignored as
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if they were not given. The property is therefore useless and should not be
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specified.
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QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
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``blockdev-open-tray``, ``blockdev-close-tray`` argument ``device`` (since 2.8.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use argument ``id`` instead.
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``eject`` argument ``device`` (since 2.8.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use argument ``id`` instead.
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``blockdev-change-medium`` argument ``device`` (since 2.8.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use argument ``id`` instead.
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``block_set_io_throttle`` argument ``device`` (since 2.8.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use argument ``id`` instead.
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``blockdev-add`` empty string argument ``backing`` (since 2.10.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use argument value ``null`` instead.
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``block-commit`` arguments ``base`` and ``top`` (since 3.1.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use arguments ``base-node`` and ``top-node`` instead.
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``nbd-server-add`` and ``nbd-server-remove`` (since 5.2)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Use the more generic commands ``block-export-add`` and ``block-export-del``
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instead. As part of this deprecation, where ``nbd-server-add`` used a
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single ``bitmap``, the new ``block-export-add`` uses a list of ``bitmaps``.
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System accelerators
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-------------------
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MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM support (since 6.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The MIPS ``Trap-and-Emul`` KVM host and guest support has been removed
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from Linux upstream kernel, declare it deprecated.
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System emulator CPUS
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--------------------
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``Icelake-Client`` CPU Model (since 5.2.0)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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``Icelake-Client`` CPU Models are deprecated. Use ``Icelake-Server`` CPU
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Models instead.
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MIPS ``I7200`` CPU Model (since 5.2)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The ``I7200`` guest CPU relies on the nanoMIPS ISA, which is deprecated
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(the ISA has never been upstreamed to a compiler toolchain). Therefore
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this CPU is also deprecated.
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System emulator machines
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------------------------
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Raspberry Pi ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3`` machines (since 5.2)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The Raspberry Pi machines come in various models (A, A+, B, B+). To be able
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to distinguish which model QEMU is implementing, the ``raspi2`` and ``raspi3``
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machines have been renamed ``raspi2b`` and ``raspi3b``.
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Aspeed ``swift-bmc`` machine (since 6.1)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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This machine is deprecated because we have enough AST2500 based OpenPOWER
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machines. It can be easily replaced by the ``witherspoon-bmc`` or the
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``romulus-bmc`` machines.
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Device options
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--------------
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Emulated device options
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'''''''''''''''''''''''
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``-device virtio-blk,scsi=on|off`` (since 5.0.0)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The virtio-blk SCSI passthrough feature is a legacy VIRTIO feature. VIRTIO 1.0
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and later do not support it because the virtio-scsi device was introduced for
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full SCSI support. Use virtio-scsi instead when SCSI passthrough is required.
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Note this also applies to ``-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=on|off``, which is an
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alias.
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Block device options
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''''''''''''''''''''
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``"backing": ""`` (since 2.12.0)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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In order to prevent QEMU from automatically opening an image's backing
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chain, use ``"backing": null`` instead.
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``rbd`` keyvalue pair encoded filenames: ``""`` (since 3.1.0)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Options for ``rbd`` should be specified according to its runtime options,
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like other block drivers. Legacy parsing of keyvalue pair encoded
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filenames is useful to open images with the old format for backing files;
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These image files should be updated to use the current format.
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Example of legacy encoding::
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json:{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.filename":"rbd:rbd/name"}
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The above, converted to the current supported format::
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json:{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"}
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linux-user mode CPUs
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``ppc64abi32`` CPUs (since 5.2.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The ``ppc64abi32`` architecture has a number of issues which regularly
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trip up our CI testing and is suspected to be quite broken. For that
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reason the maintainers strongly suspect no one actually uses it.
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MIPS ``I7200`` CPU (since 5.2)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The ``I7200`` guest CPU relies on the nanoMIPS ISA, which is deprecated
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(the ISA has never been upstreamed to a compiler toolchain). Therefore
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this CPU is also deprecated.
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Related binaries
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----------------
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qemu-img amend to adjust backing file (since 5.1)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The use of ``qemu-img amend`` to modify the name or format of a qcow2
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backing image is deprecated; this functionality was never fully
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documented or tested, and interferes with other amend operations that
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need access to the original backing image (such as deciding whether a
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v3 zero cluster may be left unallocated when converting to a v2
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image). Rather, any changes to the backing chain should be performed
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with ``qemu-img rebase -u`` either before or after the remaining
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changes being performed by amend, as appropriate.
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qemu-img backing file without format (since 5.1)
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The use of ``qemu-img create``, ``qemu-img rebase``, or ``qemu-img
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convert`` to create or modify an image that depends on a backing file
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now recommends that an explicit backing format be provided. This is
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for safety: if QEMU probes a different format than what you thought,
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the data presented to the guest will be corrupt; similarly, presenting
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a raw image to a guest allows a potential security exploit if a future
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probe sees a non-raw image based on guest writes.
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To avoid the warning message, or even future refusal to create an
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unsafe image, you must pass ``-o backing_fmt=`` (or the shorthand
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``-F`` during create) to specify the intended backing format. You may
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use ``qemu-img rebase -u`` to retroactively add a backing format to an
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existing image. However, be aware that there are already potential
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security risks to blindly using ``qemu-img info`` to probe the format
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of an untrusted backing image, when deciding what format to add into
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an existing image.
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Backwards compatibility
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-----------------------
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Runnability guarantee of CPU models (since 4.1.0)
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Previous versions of QEMU never changed existing CPU models in
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ways that introduced additional host software or hardware
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requirements to the VM. This allowed management software to
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safely change the machine type of an existing VM without
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introducing new requirements ("runnability guarantee"). This
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prevented CPU models from being updated to include CPU
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vulnerability mitigations, leaving guests vulnerable in the
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default configuration.
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The CPU model runnability guarantee won't apply anymore to
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existing CPU models. Management software that needs runnability
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guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using the
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``alias-of`` field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions`` QMP
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command.
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While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
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``query-cpu-definitions`` will have existing CPU model aliases
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point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
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(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models). In future QEMU
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versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
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depending on the machine type, so management software must
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resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
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Guest Emulator ISAs
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-------------------
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nanoMIPS ISA
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''''''''''''
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The ``nanoMIPS`` ISA has never been upstreamed to any compiler toolchain.
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As it is hard to generate binaries for it, declare it deprecated.
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