From 7bc7a2d39bb2c00bcc8e573f05e629f5f21edc35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eduardo Habkost Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 18:53:17 +0100 Subject: Add support statement to -help output Add support statement to -help output, reporting direct qemu-kvm usage as unsupported by Red Hat, and advising users to use libvirt instead. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- system/vl.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c index c644222982..03c3b0aa94 100644 --- a/system/vl.c +++ b/system/vl.c @@ -869,9 +869,17 @@ static void version(void) QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"); } +static void print_rh_warning(void) +{ + printf("\nWARNING: Direct use of qemu-kvm from the command line is not supported by Red Hat.\n" + "WARNING: Use libvirt as the stable management interface.\n" + "WARNING: Some command line options listed here may not be available in future releases.\n\n"); +} + static void help(int exitcode) { version(); + print_rh_warning(); printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n\n" "'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0\n\n", g_get_prgname()); @@ -897,6 +905,7 @@ static void help(int exitcode) "\n" QEMU_HELP_BOTTOM "\n"); + print_rh_warning(); exit(exitcode); } -- 2.39.3