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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU Command Line Options
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Qasim Maqbool <qasim.maqbool@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I need to add a few command line options to QEMU. However, I am yet to
> determine how QEMU takes input from the command line and parses the option
> values. I have tried looking at various files including vl.c and cmd.c but
> nothing seems to work right now.
>
> Can anyone put me on the right path here? Or am I trying to do something
> which is impossible?

Your on the right track but the missing piece is updating
qemu-options.hx.

If you look at the patch I recently posted to the list:

    qemu-log: new option -dfilter to limit output

You should be able to see all the bits I added.

>
> Thanks.

-- 
Alex Bennée