The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting
``-machine accel=tcg''.
-@subsection -vnc tls (since 2.5.0)
-
-The ``-vnc tls'' argument is now a synonym for setting
-``-object tls-creds-anon,id=tls0'' combined with
-``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
-
-@subsection -vnc x509 (since 2.5.0)
-
-The ``-vnc x509=/path/to/certs'' argument is now a
-synonym for setting
-``-object tls-creds-x509,dir=/path/to/certs,id=tls0,verify-peer=no''
-combined with ``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
-
-@subsection -vnc x509verify (since 2.5.0)
-
-The ``-vnc x509verify=/path/to/certs'' argument is now a
-synonym for setting
-``-object tls-creds-x509,dir=/path/to/certs,id=tls0,verify-peer=yes''
-combined with ``-vnc tls-creds=tls0'
-
@subsection -tftp (since 2.6.0)
The ``-tftp /some/dir'' argument is replaced by either
(for embedded NICs). The new syntax allows different settings to be
provided per NIC.
-@subsection -drive serial=... (since 2.10.0)
-
-The drive serial argument is replaced by the the serial argument
-that can be specified with the ``-device'' parameter.
-
@subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
The @option{--balloon virtio} argument has been superseded by
@option{--device virtio-balloon}.
-@subsection -machine s390-squash-mcss=on|off (since 2.12.0)
-
-The ``s390-squash-mcss=on`` property has been obsoleted by allowing the
-cssid to be chosen freely. Instead of squashing subchannels into the
-default channel subsystem image for guests that do not support multiple
-channel subsystems, all devices can be put into the default channel
-subsystem image.
-
@subsection -fsdev handle (since 2.12.0)
The ``handle'' fsdev backend does not support symlinks and causes the 9p
The ``ivshmem'' device type is replaced by either the ``ivshmem-plain''
or ``ivshmem-doorbell`` device types.
-@subsection Page size support < 4k for embedded PowerPC CPUs (since 2.12.0)
-
-qemu-system-ppcemb will be removed. qemu-system-ppc (or qemu-system-ppc64)
-should be used instead. That means that embedded 4xx PowerPC CPUs will not
-support page sizes < 4096 any longer.
-
@section System emulator machines
@subsection pc-0.10 and pc-0.11 (since 3.0)
These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
+@subsection prep (PowerPC) (since 3.1)
+
+This machine type uses an unmaintained firmware, broken in lots of ways,
+and unable to start post-2004 operating systems. 40p machine type should be
+used instead.
+
@section Device options
@subsection Block device options