Re: [PATCH] docs/about/deprecated: Mark HAXM as deprecated

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:20:53AM +0100, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The HAXM project has been retired (see https://github.com/intel/haxm#status),
> so we should mark the code in QEMU as deprecated (and finally remove it
> unless somebody else picks the project up again - which is quite unlikely
> since there are now whpx and hvf on these operating systems, too).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/about/deprecated.rst | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> index 3f4d678eb4..da2e6fe63d 100644
> --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
> @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ form is preferred.
>  The HPET setting has been turned into a machine property.
>  Use ``-machine hpet=off`` instead.
>  
> +``-accel hax`` (since 8.0)
> +''''''''''''''''''''''''''
> +
> +The HAXM project has been retired (see https://github.com/intel/haxm#status).
> +Use "whpx" (on Windows) or "hvf" (on macOS) instead.
> +

Should we print a warning message from meson when someone enables this ?

We've tended to do that when we've deprecated other platforms in the
past, though not consistently

>  QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
>  ------------------------------------
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
> 

With regards,
Daniel
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