Neither the ``nettle`` library, or the built-in cryptography provider are
supported on FIPS enabled hosts.
+``-writeconfig`` (since 6.0)
+'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The ``-writeconfig`` option is not able to serialize the entire contents
+of the QEMU command line. It is thus considered a failed experiment
+and deprecated, with no current replacement.
+
QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
------------------------------------
ERST
DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig,
"-writeconfig <file>\n"
- " read/write config file\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ " read/write config file (deprecated)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
-``-writeconfig file``
- Write device configuration to file. The file can be either filename
- to save command line and device configuration into file or dash
- ``-``) character to print the output to stdout. This can be later
- used as input file for ``-readconfig`` option.
ERST
DEF("no-user-config", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nouserconfig,
case QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig:
{
FILE *fp;
+ warn_report("-writeconfig is deprecated and will go away without a replacement");
if (strcmp(optarg, "-") == 0) {
fp = stdout;
} else {