Accepting request 536899 from home:bfrogers:branches:Virtualization

Add note about QED format support being withdrawn.
Also add a few more security fixes

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/536899
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/qemu?expand=0&rev=372

supported.s390.txt

@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ Deprecated, Superseded, Modified and Dropped Features
 - The previously supported blkdev-add QMP command has been flagged as lacking
   and could possibly change syntax in the future.
 
+- Due to upstream's decision to no longer fully support the qed storage format
+  going forward (since it really provides no benefit over qcow2 and is now no
+  longer actively maintained upstream), creating qed storage images is no longer
+  supported and it is highly discouraged to continuing to use existing qed
+  images. They should instead be converted to another supported format.
+
 QEMU Command-Line and Monitor Syntax and Support
 ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -190,10 +196,10 @@ QEMU Command-Line and Monitor Syntax and Support
   qemu-system-s390x [options]
 
   Where 'options' are taken from the options listed below.
-  The images used with -drive or -cdrom, may be in the raw (no format), qcow2
-  or qed storage formats, and may be located in files within the host
-  filesystem, logical volumes, host physical disks, or network based storage.
-  Read only media may also be accessed via URL style protocol specifiers.
+  The images used with -drive or -cdrom, may be in the raw (no format) or qcow2
+  storage formats, and may be located in files within the host filesystem,
+  logical volumes, host physical disks, or network based storage. Read only
+  media may also be accessed via URL style protocol specifiers.
 
   Note that as a general rule, as new command line options are added which serve
   to replace an older option or interface, you are strongly encouraged to adapt
@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@ QEMU Command-Line and Monitor Syntax and Support
           virtio-net|virtio-serial|virtio-balloon|virtio-scsi|virtio-rng)
   -dfilter range, ...
   -display ...
-  -drive ... (if specified if=[virtio] and format=[qcow2|qed|raw] and
+  -drive ... (if specified if=[virtio] and format=[qcow2|raw] and
              snapshot=off only)
   -echr ...
   -enable-fips
@@ -557,8 +563,8 @@ QEMU Command-Line and Monitor Syntax and Support
           (note that some of these device names represent supported devices and
           are used internally, but are not specifyable via -device even though
           they appear in the list of devices)
-  -drive ,if=[scsi|mtd|pflash], snapshot=on, format=[anything besides qcow2, qed
-         or raw]
+  -drive ,if=[scsi|mtd|pflash], snapshot=on, format=[anything besides qcow2 or
+         raw]
   -dtb file
   -enable-hax
   -fda/-fdb ...