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-rw-r--r--include/ui/console.h1
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx3
-rw-r--r--ui/console.c15
-rw-r--r--vl.c5
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 281f9c145b..f35b4fc082 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ void qemu_display_register(QemuDisplay *ui);
bool qemu_display_find_default(DisplayOptions *opts);
void qemu_display_early_init(DisplayOptions *opts);
void qemu_display_init(DisplayState *ds, DisplayOptions *opts);
+void qemu_display_help(void);
/* vnc.c */
void vnc_display_init(const char *id, Error **errp);
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index d4b73ef60c..709162c159 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1669,7 +1669,8 @@ STEXI
@item -display @var{type}
@findex -display
Select type of display to use. This option is a replacement for the
-old style -sdl/-curses/... options. Valid values for @var{type} are
+old style -sdl/-curses/... options. Use @code{-display help} to list
+the available display types. Valid values for @var{type} are
@table @option
@item sdl
Display video output via SDL (usually in a separate graphics
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index ac79d679f5..69339b028b 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -2333,6 +2333,21 @@ void qemu_display_init(DisplayState *ds, DisplayOptions *opts)
dpys[opts->type]->init(ds, opts);
}
+void qemu_display_help(void)
+{
+ int idx;
+
+ printf("Available display backend types:\n");
+ for (idx = DISPLAY_TYPE_NONE; idx < DISPLAY_TYPE__MAX; idx++) {
+ if (!dpys[idx]) {
+ ui_module_load_one(DisplayType_str(idx));
+ }
+ if (dpys[idx]) {
+ printf("%s\n", DisplayType_str(dpys[idx]->type));
+ }
+ }
+}
+
void qemu_chr_parse_vc(QemuOpts *opts, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
{
int val;
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 158a05ed32..751401214c 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1869,6 +1869,11 @@ static void parse_display(const char *p)
{
const char *opts;
+ if (is_help_option(p)) {
+ qemu_display_help();
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
if (strstart(p, "sdl", &opts)) {
/*
* sdl DisplayType needs hand-crafted parser instead of