Re: [PATCH 14/14] block: remove support for using "file" driver with block/char devices

The 'host_device' and 'host_cdrom' drivers must be used instead. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- block/file-posix.c | 17 ++++++----------- docs/system/deprecated.rst | 7 ------- docs/system/removed-features.rst | 7 +++++++ tests/qemu-iotests/226.out | 10 +++++----- 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

if (!device) { - if (S_ISBLK(st.st_mode)) { - warn_report("Opening a block device as a file using the '%s' " - "driver is deprecated", bs->drv->format_name); - } else if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) { - warn_report("Opening a character device as a file using the '%s' " - "driver is deprecated", bs->drv->format_name); - } else if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) { - error_setg(errp, "A regular file was expected by the '%s' driver, " - "but something else was given", bs->drv->format_name); + if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {

+++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -21,13 +21,6 @@ deprecated. System emulator command line arguments -------------------------------------- -``-drive file=json:{...{'driver':'file'}}`` (since 3.0) -''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' - -The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host -devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver