QemuOpts *opts;
int rc, offset;
- rc = sscanf(str, "%63[^.].%63[^=]%n", driver, property, &offset);
- if (rc < 2 || str[offset] != '=') {
- error_report("can't parse: \"%s\"", str);
+ rc = sscanf(str, "%63[^.=].%63[^=]%n", driver, property, &offset);
+ if (rc == 2 && str[offset] == '=') {
+ opts = qemu_opts_create(&qemu_global_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+ qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", driver, &error_abort);
+ qemu_opt_set(opts, "property", property, &error_abort);
+ qemu_opt_set(opts, "value", str + offset + 1, &error_abort);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ opts = qemu_opts_parse(&qemu_global_opts, str, false);
+ if (!opts) {
return -1;
}
- opts = qemu_opts_create(&qemu_global_opts, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
- qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", driver, &error_abort);
- qemu_opt_set(opts, "property", property, &error_abort);
- qemu_opt_set(opts, "value", str + offset + 1, &error_abort);
return 0;
}
ETEXI
DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global,
- "-global driver.prop=value\n"
+ "-global driver.property=value\n"
+ "-global driver=driver,property=property,value=value\n"
" set a global default for a driver property\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -global @var{driver}.@var{prop}=@var{value}
+@itemx -global driver=@var{driver},property=@var{property},value=@var{value}
@findex -global
Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.:
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}.
+
+The two syntaxes are equivalent. The longer one works for drivers whose name
+contains a dot.
ETEXI
DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,