Re: [PATCH v3 12/19] audio: add soundhw deprecation notice

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/system/deprecated.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index 3a255591c341..7ddd9e400745 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ should specify an ``audiodev=`` property. Additionally, when using vnc, you should specify an ``audiodev=`` propery if you plan to transmit audio through the VNC protocol. +Creating sound card devices using ``-soundhw`` (since 5.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +Sound card devices should be created using ``-device`` instead. The +names are the same for most devices. The exceptions are ``hda`` which +needs two devices (``-device intel-hda --device hda-duplex``) and +``pcspk`` which can be activated using ``-global +pcspk.audiodev=<name>``.