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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] vl.c: add -semihosting-config "arg" sub-arg


From: Leon Alrae
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] vl.c: add -semihosting-config "arg" sub-argument
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:53:50 +0100
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On 15/04/2015 10:09, Liviu Ionescu wrote:
> Peter/Leon,
> 
> I'm planning for my future releases, and, to avoid incompatible versions, I 
> would like to help with the semihosting configuration issue, to speed up 
> things. is there any chance to close this issue in the near future?

I'm hoping so :) I'm holding up UHI patches respin until we resolve this.

> 
> we currently have two solutions:
> 
> - multiple: --semihosting-config arg="..." 
> - a single option, placed at the end, and followed by any number of 
> arguments: --semihosting-cmdline $@ \n
> 
> both can generate the array of args required by UHI and both can pass args 
> with spaces.
> 
> the second one is more scripting friendly, and is somehow in the spirit of 
> other unix programs that need to pass such arguments.

I don't have a strong preference here, but I think I would be leaning
towards the second one as it just looks better. On the other hand it
reserves the last position in the QEMU command line, which I'm not sure
if can become a problem at some point?

Leon




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