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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.129.124; envelope-from=thuth@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, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=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: 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 On 02/12/2025 01.57, dave@treblig.org wrote: > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" > > The -M option was deprecated by -machine in 2011 by 80f52a669 > and isn't actually documented in the manpage, but is still used in > one of the examples. Replace it by -machine. > -M still gets used all over the place in other docs, and I'm > not sure I realised it was deprecated until Julian pointed out it > wasn't actually documented. -M is not mentioned in docs/about/deprecated.rst, so no, it's not officially deprecated. And I think it's a nice short hand feature for an option that is used very often, so I also don't think that we should ever remove it. Thus I think it would be better to simply add it back to qemu-options.hx instead. Thomas