Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu devel] disable shared memory is not available with this QEMU binary

[Marcel Apfelbaum]

On 04/01/2015 11:01 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 01/04/2015 08:54, Marcel Apfelbaum wrote:
> > This is the first object for which QemuOps are defined per
> > sub-type and are not global (if you don't take "object" under
> > consideration).
>
> We can return the same QemuOpts that were included before.
> Per-machine-type options are new and need not be covered by
> query-command-line-options.

OK, we have them under hw/core/machine.c as "base" machine properties.
We still need a way to fill them back into QemuOpts right?
Maybe return them to the static global list? It seems like a step
back, but if there is no better way...

Thanks,
Marcel

> Paolo
>
> > I saw others as well, like netdev, but I am not sure what happens there.
> >
> > Once the QemuOpts are parsed, the only place we can find those options
> > is the machine object itself (as QOM properties).
> >
> > I see a few options here:
> > 1. Add a feature to QemuOpts: "Look for options in QOM properties of
> > this obj"
> > 2. Add a callback to QEMU opts that supplies the options (have machine
> > supply the callback)
> > 3. Have the machine object fill in the corresponding QemuOpts on init.