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Diffstat (limited to 'hw/core')
| -rw-r--r-- | hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c index c731bc657f..921e799dbb 100644 --- a/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c +++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties-system.c @@ -78,8 +78,17 @@ static void parse_drive(DeviceState *dev, const char *str, void **ptr, return; } if (blk_attach_dev(blk, dev) < 0) { - error_setg(errp, "Property '%s.%s' can't take value '%s', it's in use", - object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)), propname, str); + DriveInfo *dinfo = blk_legacy_dinfo(blk); + + if (dinfo->type != IF_NONE) { + error_setg(errp, "Drive '%s' is already in use because " + "it has been automatically connected to another " + "device (did you need 'if=none' in the drive options?)", + str); + } else { + error_setg(errp, "Drive '%s' is already in use by another device", + str); + } return; } *ptr = blk; |