Re: [PATCH] softmmu/vl: Do not recommend to use -M accel=... anymore

[Thomas Huth]

On 18/06/2020 07.57, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The new -accel parameter can be used multiple times now, so we
> should recommend this new way instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  softmmu/vl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
> index f669c06ede..e2b2991a5f 100644
> --- a/softmmu/vl.c
> +++ b/softmmu/vl.c
> @@ -3487,7 +3487,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>                  }
>                  if (optarg && strchr(optarg, ':')) {
>                      error_report("Don't use ':' with -accel, "
> -                                 "use -M accel=... for now instead");
> +                                 "use multiple -accel=... options instead");
>                      exit(1);
>                  }

Actually, scratch that. We can now remove that check completely since
the new -accel code does not accept "kvm:tcg" anymore. I'll send a new
patch for removing this check instead.

 Thomas