Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2.1 3/4] doc: add item for "-M enforce-config-section"

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 10:08:41AM +0800, Peter Xu wrote:
> It's never documented, and now we have one more parameter for it (which
> obsoletes this one). Document it properly.
> 
> Although now when enforce-config-section is set, it'll override the
> other "-global" parameter, that is not necessarily a rule. Forbid that
> usage in the document.
> 
> Suggested-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <address@hidden>
> ---
> v2.1:
> - remove the "undefined behavior" sentence [Markus]
> 
>  qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index 297bd8a..1ce7a37 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ Enables or disables NVDIMM support. The default is off.
>  @item s390-squash-mcss=on|off
>  Enables or disables squashing subchannels into the default css.
>  The default is off.
> address@hidden enforce-config-section=on|off
> +If @option{enforce-config-section} is set to @var{on}, force migration
> +code to send configuration section even if the machine-type sets the
> address@hidden property to @var{off}.
> +NOTE: this parameter is deprecated. Please use @option{-global}
> address@hidden@var{on|off} instead.
> address@hidden cannot be used together with
> address@hidden @option{migration.send-configuration}.
>  @end table

I'm not sure if "cannot be used together" is much better than
"behavior is undefined when they are used together".  I prefer
Markus' suggestion to simply leave it unspecified.  (In other
words, just removing the last 2 lines)

-- 
Eduardo