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Documentation: Improve command line help for -device option
authorStefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:58:35 +0000 (22:58 +0100)
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:42:01 +0000 (15:42 -0600)
* Fix column for help text.

* Give some more help, especially for the new '?' parameters.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
qemu-options.hx

index 9294e07cbbf19e79b9f2a53d87c4945a71d9f6fc..5aa98c19c6560544568dce99e54f14b9c6d248e8 100644 (file)
@@ -403,11 +403,20 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("device", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_device,
-    "-device driver[,options]  add device\n")
-STEXI
-@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{option}[,...]]
+    "-device driver[,option[=value][,...]]\n"
+    "                add device (based on driver) with default or\n"
+    "                user defined options\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} (typically @var{key}=@var{value}) may be useful.
+@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}=?}. 
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,