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

[Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 8:30 AM Anthony PERARD
<anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

Ok.  That sounds fine.

Thanks,
Jason