This option simply duplicates the @vhost option since long ago
(10 years!)
commit 1e7398a140f7a6 ("vhost: enable vhost without without MSI-X").
Let's finally deprecate it.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@yandex-team.ru>
---
docs/about/deprecated.rst | 7 +++++++
qapi/net.json | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index d50645a071..d14cb37480 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -516,6 +516,13 @@ Stream ``reconnect`` (since 9.2)
The ``reconnect`` option only allows specifying second granularity timeouts,
which is not enough for all types of use cases, use ``reconnect-ms`` instead.
+TAP ``vhostforce`` (since 10.2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``vhostforce`` option just duplicates the main ``vhost`` option.
+Use ``vhost`` alone.
+
+
VFIO device options
'''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/qapi/net.json b/qapi/net.json
index 78bcc9871e..d1216bb60a 100644
--- a/qapi/net.json
+++ b/qapi/net.json
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@
# @poll-us: maximum number of microseconds that could be spent on busy
# polling for tap (since 2.7)
#
+# Features:
+#
+# @deprecated: Member @vhostforce is deprecated. Simply use @vhost.
+#
# Since: 1.2
##
{ 'struct': 'NetdevTapOptions',
@@ -369,7 +373,7 @@
'*vhost': 'bool',
'*vhostfd': 'str',
'*vhostfds': 'str',
- '*vhostforce': 'bool',
+ '*vhostforce': { 'type': 'bool', 'features': [ 'deprecated' ] },
'*queues': 'uint32',
'*poll-us': 'uint32'} }
--
2.48.1
