Unfortunately, changes introduced in af2041ed2d "audio: audiodev= parameters no longer optional when -audiodev present" breaks backward compatibility. This patch changes the error into a deprecation warning. Signed-off-by: Kővágó, Zoltán <DirtY.iCE.hu@gmail.com> --- qemu-deprecated.texi | 7 +++++++ audio/audio.c | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi index 00a4b6f350..9d74a1cfc0 100644 --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi @@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ backend settings instead of environment variables. To ease migration to the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options. +@subsection Creating sound card devices and vnc without audiodev= property (since 4.2) + +When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card +should specify an @code{audiodev=} property. Additionally, when using +vnc, you should specify an @code{audiodev=} propery if you plan to +transmit audio through the VNC protocol. + @subsection -mon ...,control=readline,pretty=on|off (since 4.1) The @code{pretty=on|off} switch has no effect for HMP monitors, but is diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c index ae335dbebb..e99fcd0694 100644 --- a/audio/audio.c +++ b/audio/audio.c @@ -1412,8 +1412,9 @@ static AudioState *audio_init(Audiodev *dev, const char *name) drvname = AudiodevDriver_str(dev->driver); } else if (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&audio_states)) { if (!legacy_config) { - dolog("You must specify an audiodev= for the device %s\n", name); - exit(1); + dolog("Device %s: audiodev default parameter is deprecated, please " + "specify audiodev=%s\n", name, + QTAILQ_FIRST(&audio_states)->dev->id); } return QTAILQ_FIRST(&audio_states); } else { @@ -1548,8 +1549,7 @@ CaptureVoiceOut *AUD_add_capture( if (!s) { if (!legacy_config) { - dolog("You must specify audiodev when trying to capture\n"); - return NULL; + dolog("Capturing without setting an audiodev is deprecated\n"); } s = audio_init(NULL, NULL); } -- 2.22.0