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[Qemu-trivial] [PULL 15/21] qemu-options: Improve -global documentation
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Michael Tokarev |
Subject: |
[Qemu-trivial] [PULL 15/21] qemu-options: Improve -global documentation |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:16:22 +0300 |
From: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Recent commit 3751d7c "vl: allow full-blown QemuOpts syntax for
-global" overloaded its existing argument syntax DRIVER.PROP=VALUE
with QemuOpts syntax. Unambigious as long as no DRIVER contains '='.
Its documentation claims that "the two syntaxes are equivalent."
Improve it to spell out how exactly the old syntax gets desugared into
the new one.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <address@hidden>
---
qemu-options.hx | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 7959dd0..39a472e 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -189,8 +189,9 @@ In particular, you can use this to set driver properties
for devices which are
created automatically by the machine model. To create a device which is not
created automatically and set properties on it, use address@hidden
-The two syntaxes are equivalent. The longer one works for drivers whose name
-contains a dot.
+-global @address@hidden@var{value} is shorthand for -global
address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden The
+longhand syntax works even when @var{driver} contains a dot.
ETEXI
DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
--
2.1.4
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 01/21] configure: append --extra-ldflags to LDFLAGS, (continued)
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 01/21] configure: append --extra-ldflags to LDFLAGS, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 19/21] hw/display/cg3.c: Fix memory leak, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 14/21] throttle: Fix typo in the documentation of block_set_io_throttle, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 08/21] wdt_i6300esb: QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 17/21] Makefile: Fix "make cscope TAGS", Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 18/21] Makefile: Add "make ctags", Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 10/21] vt82c686: QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 07/21] piix4: QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 04/21] Print error when failing to load PCI config data, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 20/21] hw/display/tcx.c: Fix memory leak, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 15/21] qemu-options: Improve -global documentation,
Michael Tokarev <=
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 09/21] xen_pt: QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 21/21] util/qemu-sockets: improve ai_flag hints for ipv6 hosts, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 05/21] pci-assign: QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 06/21] piix: piix3 QOMify, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 11/21] libcacard: pkgconfig: tidy dependent libs, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 13/21] hw/display/qxl-logger.c: Constify some variable, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 03/21] Grammar: 'as to'->'as for', Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 12/21] configure: rearrange --help and consolidate enable/disable together, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 16/21] qemu-options: Use @itemx where appropriate, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22
- [Qemu-trivial] [PULL 02/21] remove libdecnumber/dpd/decimal128Local.h, Michael Tokarev, 2015/06/22