From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists1p.gnu.org (lists1p.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CC11C5DF94 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:30:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1wyToJ-0002k5-Pm; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:29:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists1p.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1wyToF-0002jg-6f for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:29:51 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.129.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1wyToD-00085q-2X for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:29:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1787574587; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3VS2pApWnBkJEsMscWMtxcLwcpoqnmQb83+v0SFbax4=; b=i9fIM4XcZQqoDCLQF7aExJ8qAkY9hy94SZLkIMpz54M4rUiY2YmNaQ11vxXPri4y8QgByY h+UvSULfkWnIC4rfy7SNtWRC+jcj5P8IobwZXm/GRKw7oi+ie0ZdyLeUFhF73XDMXw/27G XP+6vf44PHWJozrNODc409HM8imJKn8= Received: from mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-35-165-154-97.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.165.154.97]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-663-ksab-2LVNs2c0czJsmj7zQ-1; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:29:45 -0400 X-MC-Unique: ksab-2LVNs2c0czJsmj7zQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: ksab-2LVNs2c0czJsmj7zQ_1787574585 Received: from mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.111]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-06.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F042A1830768; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:29:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from berrange.fritz.box (headnet05.pony-001.prod.iad2.dc.redhat.com [10.2.32.117]) by mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4C018001CF; Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:29:43 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Markus Armbruster , Peter Maydell , Paolo Bonzini , =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= Subject: [PATCH] system: improve -mon deprecation warning Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:29:42 +0100 Message-ID: <20260824122942.85863-1-berrange@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.111 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Expand the text a bit to make the new syntax more explicit and point users to the man page for further info. Reported-by: Peter Maydell Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé --- system/vl.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c index 061cbdf860..d5b5392569 100644 --- a/system/vl.c +++ b/system/vl.c @@ -3239,8 +3239,11 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv) default_monitor = 0; break; case QEMU_OPTION_mon: - warn_report_once("'-mon' is deprecated, use '-object' with " - "'monitor-hmp' or 'monitor-qmp' types instead"); + warn_report_once("'-mon' is deprecated. Switch to either " + "'-object monitor-hmp,id=ID,chardev=CHR-ID' " + "or '-object monitor-qmp,id=qmpNN,chardev=CHR-ID' " + "instead. See '-object' docs in 'qemu(1)' for further " + "configuration guidance."); if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("mon"), optarg, true)) { exit(1); -- 2.55.0