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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/invocation.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/system/qemu-manpage.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 4 |
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diff --git a/docs/system/invocation.rst b/docs/system/invocation.rst index 4ba38fc23d..14b7db1c10 100644 --- a/docs/system/invocation.rst +++ b/docs/system/invocation.rst @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ Invocation disk_image is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some targets do not need a disk image. +When dealing with options parameters as arbitrary strings containing +commas, such as in "file=my,file" and "string=a,b", it's necessary to +double the commas. For instance,"-fw_cfg name=z,string=a,,b" will be +parsed as "-fw_cfg name=z,string=a,b". + .. hxtool-doc:: qemu-options.hx Device URL Syntax diff --git a/docs/system/qemu-manpage.rst b/docs/system/qemu-manpage.rst index c47a412758..3ade4ee45b 100644 --- a/docs/system/qemu-manpage.rst +++ b/docs/system/qemu-manpage.rst @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Options disk_image is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some targets do not need a disk image. +When dealing with options parameters as arbitrary strings containing +commas, such as in "file=my,file" and "string=a,b", it's necessary to +double the commas. For instance,"-fw_cfg name=z,string=a,,b" will be +parsed as "-fw_cfg name=z,string=a,b". + .. hxtool-doc:: qemu-options.hx .. include:: keys.rst.inc diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 42fd09e4de..a935aaae44 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -4086,9 +4086,13 @@ DEF("fw_cfg", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fwcfg, SRST ``-fw_cfg [name=]name,file=file`` Add named fw\_cfg entry with contents from file file. + If the filename contains comma, you must double it (for instance, + "file=my,,file" to use file "my,file"). ``-fw_cfg [name=]name,string=str`` Add named fw\_cfg entry with contents from string str. + If the string contains comma, you must double it (for instance, + "string=my,,string" to use file "my,string"). The terminating NUL character of the contents of str will not be included as part of the fw\_cfg item data. To insert contents with |