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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: Improve command line help for -d


From: Stefan Weil
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Documentation: Improve command line help for -device option
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:35 +0100

* Fix column for help text.

* Give some more help, especially for the new '?' parameters.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <address@hidden>
---
 qemu-options.hx |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ee60d8a..ef82cac 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
address@hidden -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
address@hidden -device @var{driver}[,@address@hidden,...]]
 Add device @var{driver}. Depending on the device type,
address@hidden (typically @address@hidden) may be useful.
address@hidden (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
address@hidden ?},
address@hidden @var{driver},?} or
address@hidden @var{driver},@var{option}=?}. 
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
-- 
1.6.5





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