From 2a45ef6389cf5abf4169b25314bd0a0d2b1ef1f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Rezanina Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:49:32 -0300 Subject: [RHEL6 qemu-kvm PATCH 9/9] Add -global option to man page RH-Author: Miroslav Rezanina Message-id: <20120323124932.GA2109@lws.brq.redhat.com> Patchwork-id: 38957 O-Subject: [RHEL6.3 qemu-kvm PATCH v3] Add -global option to man page Bugzilla: 723754 RH-Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek RH-Acked-by: Alex Williamson RH-Acked-by: Ademar de Souza Reis Jr. BZ 723754 - Update qemu-kvm -global option man page https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723754 As we support -global option (see qemu-kvm whitelist[1]) it should be documented in man page. This patch add short description of -global option and do small change of qemu-options.hx file to be closer to upstream version. -global man page entry was sent upstream and it is waiting for review. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Rezanina v3: - update to current codebase - add missing word in description (to sync with upstream v4) v2: (based on upstream review) - Added usage part after example - Used prop instead of property Patch: -- Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- qemu-options.hx | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 35b79a3..f10fa32 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -106,13 +106,6 @@ DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive, " [,serial=s][,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n" " [,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]\n" " use 'file' as a drive image\n") -DEF("set", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_set, - "-set group.id.arg=value\n" - " set parameter for item of type \n" - " i.e. -set drive.$id.file=/path/to/image\n") -DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global, - "-global driver.property=value\n" - " set a global default for a driver property\n") STEXI @item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]] @@ -230,6 +223,27 @@ qemu -hda a -hdb b @end example ETEXI +DEF("set", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_set, + "-set group.id.arg=value\n" + " set parameter for item of type \n" + " i.e. -set drive.$id.file=/path/to/image\n") +DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global, + "-global driver.prop=value\n" + " set a global default for a driver property\n") +STEXI +@item -global @var{driver}.@var{prop}=@var{value} +@findex -global +Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.: + +@example +qemu -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=0,media=disk +@end example + +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 -@option{device}. +ETEXI + DEF("mtdblock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mtdblock, "-mtdblock file use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image\n") STEXI -- 1.7.3.2