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+@subsection ide-drive (since 4.2)
+
+The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
+'ide-cd' as appropriate to get an IDE hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
+
@section System emulator machines
@subsection pc-0.12, pc-0.13, pc-0.14 and pc-0.15 (since 4.0)
Testing: -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-drive,drive=disk
QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
-(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Device needs media, but drive is empty
+(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: warning: 'ide-drive' is deprecated, please use 'ide-hd' or 'ide-cd' instead
+QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Device needs media, but drive is empty
Testing: -drive if=none,id=disk -device ide-hd,drive=disk
QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-drive,drive=disk
QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information
-(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Block node is read-only
+(qemu) QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: warning: 'ide-drive' is deprecated, please use 'ide-hd' or 'ide-cd' instead
+QEMU_PROG: -device ide-drive,drive=disk: Block node is read-only
Testing: -drive file=TEST_DIR/t.qcow2,if=none,id=disk,readonly=on -device ide-hd,drive=disk
QEMU X.Y.Z monitor - type 'help' for more information