On 20/10/20 18:22, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > @@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ int os_parse_cmd_args(int index, const char *optarg) > break; > #if defined(CONFIG_LINUX) > case QEMU_OPTION_enablefips: > + warn_report("-enable-fips is deprecated, please build QEMU with " > + "the `libgcrypt` library as the cryptography provider " > + "to enable FIPS compliance"); > fips_set_state(true); > break; > #endif Should you also remove fips_set_state(true) and make fips_get_state() return the contents of /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled, so that VNC password authentication is disabled? Paolo