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From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>
To: marcandre.lureau@redhat.com
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, berrange@redhat.com,
	"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
	"reviewer:Incompatible changes" <devel@lists.libvirt.org>,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RFC: audio: deprecate HMP audio commands
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:24:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aO-ghGojbKm8wrFS@gallifrey> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251015092851.2850617-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

* marcandre.lureau@redhat.com (marcandre.lureau@redhat.com) wrote:
> From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
> 
> The command is niche and better served by the host audio system.
> There is no QMP equivalent, fortunately. You can capture the audio
> stream via remote desktop protocols too (dbus, vnc, spice).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>

From the HMP side I'm happy with the deprecation, you're right
it's pretty obscure and it's easy enough to do from the host.

Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>

Dave

> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  meson.build               |  4 ++++
>  audio/audio-hmp-cmds.c    |  7 +++++++
>  audio/meson.build         |  5 +++--
>  hmp-commands-info.hx      |  2 ++
>  hmp-commands.hx           |  2 ++
>  6 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 98361f5832..a357f207cf 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -169,6 +169,26 @@ Use ``job-finalize`` instead.
>  
>  This argument has always been ignored.
>  
> +Human Machine Protocol (HMP) commands
> +-------------------------------------
> +
> +``wavcapture`` (since 10.2)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The ``wavcapture`` command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
> +
> +Use ``-audiodev wav`` or your host audio system to capture audio.
> +
> +``stopcapture`` (since 10.2)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The ``stopcapture`` command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
> +
> +``info`` argument ``capture`` (since 10.2)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The ``info capture`` command is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
> +
>  Host Architectures
>  ------------------
>  
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index afaefa0172..a4d8e33132 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -2354,6 +2354,10 @@ endif
>  config_host_data = configuration_data()
>  
>  config_host_data.set('CONFIG_HAVE_RUST', have_rust)
> +
> +# HMP code deprecated since v10.2, to be removed
> +config_host_data.set('CONFIG_AUDIO_HMP', true)
> +
>  audio_drivers_selected = []
>  if have_system
>    audio_drivers_available = {
> diff --git a/audio/audio-hmp-cmds.c b/audio/audio-hmp-cmds.c
> index 8774c09f18..9129a02331 100644
> --- a/audio/audio-hmp-cmds.c
> +++ b/audio/audio-hmp-cmds.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>  #include "monitor/monitor.h"
>  #include "qapi/error.h"
>  #include "qobject/qdict.h"
> +#include "qemu/error-report.h"
>  
>  static QLIST_HEAD (capture_list_head, CaptureState) capture_head;
>  
> @@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ void hmp_info_capture(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
>      int i;
>      CaptureState *s;
>  
> +    warn_report_once("'info capture' is deprecated since v10.2, to be removed");
> +
>      for (s = capture_head.lh_first, i = 0; s; s = s->entries.le_next, ++i) {
>          monitor_printf(mon, "[%d]: ", i);
>          s->ops.info (s->opaque);
> @@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ void hmp_stopcapture(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
>      int n = qdict_get_int(qdict, "n");
>      CaptureState *s;
>  
> +    warn_report_once("'stopcapture' is deprecated since v10.2, to be removed");
> +
>      for (s = capture_head.lh_first, i = 0; s; s = s->entries.le_next, ++i) {
>          if (i == n) {
>              s->ops.destroy (s->opaque);
> @@ -69,6 +74,8 @@ void hmp_wavcapture(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>      AudioState *as = audio_state_by_name(audiodev, &local_err);
>  
> +    warn_report_once("'wavcapture' is deprecated since v10.2, to be removed");
> +
>      if (!as) {
>          error_report_err(local_err);
>          return;
> diff --git a/audio/meson.build b/audio/meson.build
> index 59f0a431d5..f0c97e5223 100644
> --- a/audio/meson.build
> +++ b/audio/meson.build
> @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
>  system_ss.add([spice_headers, files('audio.c')])
>  system_ss.add(files(
> -  'audio-hmp-cmds.c',
>    'mixeng.c',
>    'noaudio.c',
>    'wavaudio.c',
> -  'wavcapture.c',
>  ))
>  
> +# deprecated since v10.2, to be removed
> +system_ss.add(files('audio-hmp-cmds.c', 'wavcapture.c'))
> +
>  system_ss.add(when: coreaudio, if_true: files('coreaudio.m'))
>  system_ss.add(when: dsound, if_true: files('dsoundaudio.c', 'audio_win_int.c'))
>  
> diff --git a/hmp-commands-info.hx b/hmp-commands-info.hx
> index 25b4aed51f..59f3446224 100644
> --- a/hmp-commands-info.hx
> +++ b/hmp-commands-info.hx
> @@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ SRST
>      Show host USB devices.
>  ERST
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIO_HMP
>      {
>          .name       = "capture",
>          .args_type  = "",
> @@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ SRST
>    ``info capture``
>      Show capture information.
>  ERST
> +#endif
>  
>      {
>          .name       = "snapshots",
> diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
> index 15f6082596..6d59bc8f18 100644
> --- a/hmp-commands.hx
> +++ b/hmp-commands.hx
> @@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ SRST
>  
>  ERST
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_AUDIO_HMP
>      {
>          .name       = "wavcapture",
>          .args_type  = "path:F,audiodev:s,freq:i?,bits:i?,nchannels:i?",
> @@ -798,6 +799,7 @@ SRST
>      info capture
>  
>  ERST
> +#endif
>  
>      {
>          .name       = "memsave",
> -- 
> 2.51.0
> 
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-15 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-15  9:28 [PATCH v2] RFC: audio: deprecate HMP audio commands marcandre.lureau
2025-10-15  9:33 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-15  9:43   ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-10-15  9:46     ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-10-15 13:24 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]

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