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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Improve -{read|write}config option
From: |
Pavel Hrdina |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Improve -{read|write}config options description |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:54:40 +0200 |
From: Michal Novotny <address@hidden>
This is the patch to improve description for -{read|write}config
functions.
Signed-off-by: Michal Novotny <address@hidden>
---
qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index e15252e..97245a3 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2713,7 +2713,9 @@ DEF("readconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_readconfig,
STEXI
@item -readconfig @var{file}
@findex -readconfig
-Read device configuration from @var{file}.
+Read device configuration from @var{file}. This approach is useful when you
want to spawn
+QEMU process with many command line options but you don't want to exceed the
command line
+character limit.
ETEXI
DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig,
"-writeconfig <file>\n"
@@ -2721,7 +2723,9 @@ DEF("writeconfig", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_writeconfig,
STEXI
@item -writeconfig @var{file}
@findex -writeconfig
-Write device configuration to @var{file}.
+Write device configuration to @var{file}. The @var{file} can be either
filename to save
+command line and device configuration into file or dash @code{-}) character to
print the
+output to stdout. This can be later used as input file for @code{-readconfig}
option.
ETEXI
DEF("nodefconfig", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nodefconfig,
"-nodefconfig\n"
--
1.7.10.4