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Fri, 03 Sep 2021 02:12:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zen.linaroharston ([51.148.130.216]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x11sm4117905wro.83.2021.09.03.02.12.05 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 03 Sep 2021 02:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zen.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zen.linaroharston (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1141FFB7; Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:03:41 +0100 (BST) From: =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= To: peter.maydell@linaro.org Subject: [PULL 21/22] docs/deprecated: deprecate passing plugin args through `arg=` Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 10:03:38 +0100 Message-Id: <20210903090339.1074887-22-alex.bennee@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 In-Reply-To: <20210903090339.1074887-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> References: <20210903090339.1074887-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::331; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x331.google.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, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: "reviewer:Incompatible changes" , Mahmoud Mandour , =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: Mahmoud Mandour Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour Message-Id: <20210802134414.52037-1-ma.mandourr@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée [AJB: fixed up move of deprecated.rst] Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 1e1a5e96ad..6e88a84bba 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ The ``-no-quit`` is a synonym for ``-display ...,window-close=off`` which should be used instead. +Plugin argument passing through ``arg=`` (since 6.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Passing TCG plugins arguments through ``arg=`` is redundant is makes the +command-line less readable, especially when the argument itself consist of a +name and a value, e.g. ``-plugin plugin_name,arg="arg_name=arg_value"``. +Therefore, the usage of ``arg`` is redundant. Single-word arguments are treated +as short-form boolean values, and passed to plugins as ``arg_name=on``. +However, short-form booleans are deprecated and full explicit ``arg_name=on`` +form is preferred. + + QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ -- 2.30.2