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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix -device help and documentation
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:33:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1269952423-26043-1-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com> (raw)

Commit 6616b2ad reverted commit 40ea285c.  Looks like a mismerge to
me.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 qemu-options.hx |   15 ++++++---------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index e2a5ca6..692809d 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -456,17 +456,14 @@ DEF("device", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_device,
     "                add device (based on driver)\n"
     "                prop=value,... sets driver properties\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")
+    "                use -device driver,? to print all possible properties\n")
 STEXI
-@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{option}[=@var{value}][,...]]
+@item -device @var{driver}[,@var{prop}[=@var{value}][,...]]
 @findex -device
-Add device @var{driver}. Depending on the device type,
-@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}=?}. 
+Add device @var{driver}.  @var{prop}=@var{value} sets driver
+properties.  Valid properties depend on the driver.  To get help on
+possible drivers and properties, use @code{-device ?} and
+@code{-device @var{driver},?}.
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
-- 
1.6.6.1

             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-30 12:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-30 12:33 Markus Armbruster [this message]
2010-05-11 12:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Fix -device help and documentation Markus Armbruster
2010-05-12 19:13   ` [Qemu-devel] " Stefan Weil
2010-05-22  9:29   ` [Qemu-devel] " Blue Swirl

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