the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert
the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options.
+@subsection -realtime (since 4.1)
+
+The @code{-realtime mlock=on|off} argument has been replaced by the
+@code{-overcommit mem-lock=on|off} argument.
+
+@subsection -virtfs_synth (since 4.1)
+
+The ``-virtfs_synth'' argument is now deprecated. Please use ``-fsdev synth''
+and ``-device virtio-9p-...'' instead.
+
@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
@subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)
"autoload" parameter is now ignored. All bitmaps are automatically loaded
from qcow2 images.
+@subsection query-block result field dirty-bitmaps[i].status (since 4.0)
+
+The ``status'' field of the ``BlockDirtyInfo'' structure, returned by
+the query-block command is deprecated. Two new boolean fields,
+``recording'' and ``busy'' effectively replace it.
+
@subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
The ``query-events'' command has been superseded by the more powerful
and accurate ``query-qmp-schema'' command.
+@subsection chardev client socket with 'wait' option (since 4.0)
+
+Character devices creating sockets in client mode should not specify
+the 'wait' field, which is only applicable to sockets in server mode
+
@section Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
@subsection The hub_id parameter of 'hostfwd_add' / 'hostfwd_remove' (since 3.1)