The -drive if=scsi still works on the machines that have a SCSI bus by default. And the change for x86 has been documented in the ChangeLog: https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/2.12
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767126 Title: Man page documents qemu -drive if=scsi but it no longer works Status in QEMU: New Bug description: The qemu man page section documenting the -drive option contains if=interface This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected. Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio, none. but if=scsi no longer works as of version 2.12.0. If you really have to make backwards incompatible changes, it would be helpful if you could at least document them. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1767126/+subscriptions
