[PATCH 11/11] Deprecate stable non-JSON -device and -object

[Kevin Wolf]

We want to switch both from QemuOpts to the keyval parser in the future,
which results in some incompatibilities, mainly around list handling.
Mark the non-JSON version of both as unstable syntax so that management
tools switch to JSON and we can later make the change without breaking
things.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
---
 docs/about/deprecated.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 3c2be84d80..42f6a478fb 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ Use ``-display sdl`` instead.
 
 Use ``-display curses`` instead.
 
+Stable non-JSON ``-device`` and ``-object`` syntax (since 6.2)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+If you rely on a stable interface for ``-device`` and ``-object`` that doesn't
+change incompatibly between QEMU versions (e.g. because you are using the QEMU
+command line as a machine interface in scripts rather than interactively), use
+JSON syntax for these options instead.
+
+There is no intention to remove support for non-JSON syntax entirely, but
+future versions may change the way to spell some options.
+
 
 Plugin argument passing through ``arg=<string>`` (since 6.1)
 ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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