Re: [XEN PATCH 2/2] tools/libxl: Replace deprecated -soundhw on QEMU command line

[Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2022 at 08:17:49AM -0400, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2022 at 7:06 AM Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.5.pod.in b/docs/man/xl.cfg.5.pod.in
> > index 6d98d73d76..b2901e04cf 100644
> > --- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.5.pod.in
> > +++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.5.pod.in
> > @@ -2555,9 +2555,9 @@ The form serial=DEVICE is also accepted for backwards 
> > compatibility.
> >
> >  =item B<soundhw="DEVICE">
> >
> > -Select the virtual sound card to expose to the guest. The valid
> > -devices are defined by the device model configuration, please see the
> > -B<qemu(1)> manpage for details. The default is not to export any sound
> > +Select the virtual sound card to expose to the guest. The valid devices are
> > +B<hda>, B<ac97>, B<es1370>, B<adlib>, B<cs4231a>, B<gus>, B<sb16> if there 
> > are
> > +available with the device model QEMU. The default is not to export any 
> > sound
> >  device.
> 
> Is it worth mentioning driver support?  I think Windows 7 and later
> only have a built-in driver for hda.  Windows 7 definitely doesn't
> have a built-in driver for ac97.  I think all the other devices are
> even older, so I doubt Windows has drivers for those, but I have not
> checked.

No, I don't think we can mention drivers support, we don't test any, it
would be incomplete, and we can't do anything if a driver is broken.
I've put "hda" first on the list in the hope that if someone wants a
sound card but don't know which one to use, they will try this one
first.

Thanks,

-- 
Anthony PERARD