Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 2/3] virtio-console: Add a virtio-serial bus, support for multiple ports

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:43:44PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
>  DEF("virtioconsole", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtiocon, \
>      "-virtioconsole c\n" \
> -    "                set virtio console\n")
> +    "                define virtio console\n")

It would be much better to add a detectable string here so we
(libguestfs) can tell if multiport is supported.  Something like:

       "                set virtio console (multiport)\n"

>  STEXI
>  @item -virtioconsole @var{c}
>  Set virtio console.
> +
> +This option is maintained for backward compatibility.
> +
> +Please use @code{-device virtioconsole} for the new way of invocation

I think you mean -device virtconsole here.

Rich.

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