Deprecate QMP `cpu-add`
The intended functionality of QMP `cpu-add` is replaced with
`device_add` (and `query-hotpluggable-cpus`). So let's deprecate
`cpu-add`.
A complete example of vCPU hotplug with the recommended way (using
`device_add`) is provided as part of a seperate docs patch.
Suggested-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20181030123526.26415-2-kchamart@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi
index cb4291f..72b8191 100644
--- a/qemu-deprecated.texi
+++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@
The @option{[hub_id name]} parameter tuple of the 'hostfwd_add' and
'hostfwd_remove' HMP commands has been replaced by @option{netdev_id}.
+@subsection cpu-add (since 3.1)
+
+Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
+documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional details.
+
@section System emulator devices
@subsection ivshmem (since 2.6.0)