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author | Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> | 2010-01-20 22:58:35 +0100 |
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committer | Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> | 2010-01-26 15:42:01 -0600 |
commit | 69a319d1316406c2317d01ab09d6523d0578c1d2 (patch) | |
tree | dade89e3a0f577fdce90f60c274f173e08cf0d67 | |
parent | 922910ce42d15bdb7c2347436b1b5798b5401de4 (diff) | |
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Documentation: Improve command line help for -device option
* Fix column for help text.
* Give some more help, especially for the new '?' parameters.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
-rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 9294e07..5aa98c1 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -403,11 +403,20 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. ETEXI DEF("device", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_device, - "-device driver[,options] add device\n") -STEXI -@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{option}[,...]] + "-device driver[,option[=value][,...]]\n" + " add device (based on driver) with default or\n" + " user defined options\n" + " use -device ? to print all possible drivers\n" + " use -device driver,? to print all possible options\n" + " use -device driver,option=? to print a help for value\n") +STEXI +@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{option}[=@var{value}][,...]] Add device @var{driver}. Depending on the device type, -@var{option} (typically @var{key}=@var{value}) may be useful. +@var{option} (with default or given @var{value}) may be useful. +To get a help on possible @var{driver}s, @var{option}s or @var{value}s, use +@code{-device ?}, +@code{-device @var{driver},?} or +@code{-device @var{driver},@var{option}=?}. ETEXI DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name, |