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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2010-01-29 19:49:01 +0100
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2010-02-03 12:39:01 -0600
commit40ea285c14673ba2105b30102b8ab3e13073f0b9 (patch)
tree9d48c4075f2ad65859ee6cd43d3a526134c9941c /qemu-options.hx
parent08350cf06a4aa1b703ff6968688fab9fd8e90fcc (diff)
downloadqemu-40ea285c14673ba2105b30102b8ab3e13073f0b9.tar.gz
qdev: update help on -device
While there, use "property" rather than "option", for consistency with -global. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 5c9f482d0b..4c1bcfb04b 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -403,20 +403,17 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
ETEXI
DEF("device", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_device,
- "-device driver[,option[=value][,...]]\n"
- " add device (based on driver) with default or\n"
- " user defined options\n"
+ "-device driver[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
+ " add device (based on driver)\n"
+ " prop=value,... sets driver properties\n"
" use -device ? to print all possible drivers\n"
- " use -device driver,? to print all possible options\n"
- " use -device driver,option=? to print a help for value\n")
-STEXI
-@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{option}[=@var{value}][,...]]
-Add device @var{driver}. Depending on the device type,
-@var{option} (with default or given @var{value}) may be useful.
-To get a help on possible @var{driver}s, @var{option}s or @var{value}s, use
-@code{-device ?},
-@code{-device @var{driver},?} or
-@code{-device @var{driver},@var{option}=?}.
+ " use -device driver,? to print all possible properties\n")
+STEXI
+@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{prop}[=@var{value}][,...]]
+Add device @var{driver}. @var{prop}=@var{value} sets driver
+properties. Valid properties depend on the driver. To get help on
+possible drivers and properties, use @code{-device ?} and
+@code{-device @var{driver},?}.
ETEXI
DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,