Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>
>>>  However in the new syntax that would be:
>>>
>>>   -net user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.4:6666-unix:/some/path,server,nowait
>>>
>>> This gives errors like:
>>>
>>>   qemu: invalid parameter 'server,nowait' in
>>> 'vlan=0,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.4:6666-unix:/tmp/libguestfshRZgxr/sock,server,nowait'
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> Yep, that case does not fit into the syntax of comma-separated
>> arguments. We need to find a new syntax within the given constraints.
>> Need to think about it.
>>   
> The syntax I proposed early for -drive could address this.
> 
> -net user,name=foo,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.4:6666
> -net.foo.guestfwd-arg unix:/some/path,server,nowait
> 

I general yes, but I would rate this particular suggestion as a bad
example for intuitive argument splitting (guestfwd is useless without a
target like unix:/bla). If at all, we would have to push server and
nowait into the additional args. Still, this requires more thoughts.

Jan