From 3017b72cd0f4c7f7df9e93d3f7a4f600669187f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Rezanina Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:46:54 +0100 Subject: Man page: Add -global description There's only TODO information in qemu man page for -global option. This is a basic description of this option with simple example. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Rezanina v4: - break long line v3: - add use case description - use prop instead of property v2: - Use better value in example Patch: -- Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori --- qemu-options.hx | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'qemu-options.hx') diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index daefce3038..662f571527 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -288,13 +288,21 @@ TODO ETEXI DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global, - "-global driver.property=value\n" + "-global driver.prop=value\n" " set a global default for a driver property\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI -@item -global +@item -global @var{driver}.@var{prop}=@var{value} @findex -global -TODO +Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.: + +@example +qemu -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=0,media=disk +@end example + +In particular, you can use this to set driver properties for devices which are +created automatically by the machine model. To create a device which is not +created automatically and set properties on it, use -@option{device}. ETEXI DEF("mtdblock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mtdblock, -- cgit v1.2.3