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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2021-03-10 18:33:23 +0100
committerGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>2021-03-15 17:00:59 +0100
commitc2a34ab2a0196e9a97e7206b94a6377cc70fb623 (patch)
treea4563f3e0fc849de0d2a162569613f560fbca029 /qemu-options.hx
parent6db34277e3b3071707a3a20afb82176e4f229b8f (diff)
usb: Document the missing -usbdevice options
There are some more -usbdevice options that have never been mentioned in the documentation. Now that we removed -usbdevice from the list of deprecated features again, we should document them properly. While we're at it, also sort them alphabetically. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20210310173323.1422754-5-thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 622d3bfa5a..fe83ea09b2 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ ERST
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(USB options:)
+DEFHEADING(USB convenience options:)
DEF("usb", 0, QEMU_OPTION_usb,
"-usb enable on-board USB host controller (if not enabled by default)\n",
@@ -1723,9 +1723,31 @@ DEF("usbdevice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_usbdevice,
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
``-usbdevice devname``
- Add the USB device devname. Note that this option is deprecated,
- please use ``-device usb-...`` instead. See the chapter about
+ Add the USB device devname, and enable an on-board USB controller
+ if possible and necessary (just like it can be done via
+ ``-machine usb=on``). Note that this option is mainly intended for
+ the user's convenience only. More fine-grained control can be
+ achieved by selecting a USB host controller (if necessary) and the
+ desired USB device via the ``-device`` option instead. For example,
+ instead of using ``-usbdevice mouse`` it is possible to use
+ ``-device qemu-xhci -device usb-mouse`` to connect the USB mouse
+ to a USB 3.0 controller instead (at least on machines that support
+ PCI and do not have an USB controller enabled by default yet).
+ For more details, see the chapter about
:ref:`Connecting USB devices` in the System Emulation Users Guide.
+ Possible devices for devname are:
+
+ ``braille``
+ Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille
+ output on a real or fake device (i.e. it also creates a
+ corresponding ``braille`` chardev automatically beside the
+ ``usb-braille`` USB device).
+
+ ``ccid``
+ Smartcard reader device
+
+ ``keyboard``
+ Standard USB keyboard. Will override the PS/2 keyboard (if present).
``mouse``
Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when
@@ -1737,9 +1759,10 @@ SRST
position without having to grab the mouse. Also overrides the
PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
- ``braille``
- Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille
- output on a real or fake device.
+ ``wacom-tablet``
+ Wacom PenPartner USB tablet.
+
+
ERST
DEFHEADING()