Add 'debug-threads' suboption to --name

[mirror_qemu.git] / qemu-options.hx

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 56e5fdf1e0c44290c338c456ffc2745ae7a49d55..068da2df093f7033b00f66c121cecba2cae661fe 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -328,9 +328,11 @@ possible drivers and properties, use @code{-device help} and
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
-    "-name string1[,process=string2]\n"
+    "-name string1[,process=string2][,debug-threads=on|off]\n"
     "                set the name of the guest\n"
-    "                string1 sets the window title and string2 the process name (on Linux)\n",
+    "                string1 sets the window title and string2 the process name (on Linux)\n"
+    "                When debug-threads is enabled, individual threads are given a separate name (on Linux)\n"
+    "                NOTE: The thread names are for debugging and not a stable API.\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI
 @item -name @var{name}
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
 This name will be displayed in the SDL window caption.
 The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
 Also optionally set the top visible process name in Linux.
+Naming of individual threads can also be enabled on Linux to aid debugging.
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("uuid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_uuid,