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authorGabriel L. Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>2015-09-29 12:29:01 -0400
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2015-10-19 15:26:53 +0200
commit6407d76eb4e5b5dd4af8613cef0162f31ff739ed (patch)
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fw_cfg: insert string blobs via qemu cmdline
Allow users to provide custom fw_cfg blobs with ascii string payloads specified directly on the qemu command line. Suggested-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com> Suggested-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu> Message-id: 1443544141-26568-1-git-send-email-somlo@cmu.edu Reviewd-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 2485b94..edee5f4 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2724,13 +2724,18 @@ ETEXI
DEF("fw_cfg", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fwcfg,
"-fw_cfg [name=]<name>,file=<file>\n"
- " add named fw_cfg entry from file\n",
+ " add named fw_cfg entry from file\n"
+ "-fw_cfg [name=]<name>,string=<str>\n"
+ " add named fw_cfg entry from string\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -fw_cfg [name=]@var{name},file=@var{file}
@findex -fw_cfg
Add named fw_cfg entry from file. @var{name} determines the name of
the entry in the fw_cfg file directory exposed to the guest.
+
+@item -fw_cfg [name=]@var{name},string=@var{str}
+Add named fw_cfg entry from string.
ETEXI
DEF("serial", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_serial, \
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