Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] Man page: Add -global description

[Markus Armbruster]

Miroslav Rezanina <address@hidden> writes:

> There's only TODO information in qemu man page for -global option. This is a 
> basic description of this option with simple example.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Rezanina <address@hidden>
>
> Patch:
> --
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index daefce3..db8be37 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -288,13 +288,19 @@ TODO
>  ETEXI
>  
>  DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global,
> -    "-global driver.property=value\n"
> +    "-global driver.prop=value\n"
>      "                set a global default for a driver property\n",
>      QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
>  STEXI
> address@hidden -global
> address@hidden -global @address@hidden@var{value}
>  @findex -global
> -TODO
> +Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.:
> +
> address@hidden
> +qemu -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive 
> file=file,if=ide,index=0,media=disk
> address@hidden 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 address@hidden

Long line, please wrap.

>  ETEXI
>  
>  DEF("mtdblock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mtdblock,