From: marcandre.lureau@redhat.com
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"Thomas Huth" <huth@tuxfamily.org>,
"Akihiko Odaki" <odaki@rsg.ci.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>,
"Alexandre Ratchov" <alex@caoua.org>,
dirty.ice.hu@gmail.com,
"Christian Schoenebeck" <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
"Volker Rümelin" <vr_qemu@t-online.de>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Subject: [RFC 04/24] qemu-options.hx: clarify default audio backend selection
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 15:22:45 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201112309.4163921-5-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251201112309.4163921-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
---
qemu-options.hx | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index fca2b7bc74..4aa6c8829c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -894,11 +894,16 @@ DEF("audiodev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_audiodev,
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
``-audiodev [driver=]driver,id=id[,prop[=value][,...]]``
- Adds a new audio backend driver identified by id. There are global
- and driver specific properties. Some values can be set differently
- for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``. You can set
- the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's property with
- ``out.prop``. For example:
+ Adds a new audio backend driver identified by id.
+
+ If no audio backend is specified, QEMU will attempt to load a
+ default one. The selected -display option may influence which backend
+ is used.
+
+ There are global and driver specific properties. Some values can be
+ set differently for input and output, they're marked with ``in|out.``.
+ You can set the input's property with ``in.prop`` and the output's
+ property with ``out.prop``. For example:
::
@@ -2170,8 +2175,9 @@ DEF("display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display,
, QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
``-display type``
- Select type of display to use. Use ``-display help`` to list the available
- display types. Valid values for type are
+ Select type of display to use. It affects the default audio backend selection.
+
+ Use ``-display help`` to list the available display types. Valid values for type are
``spice-app[,gl=on|off]``
Start QEMU as a Spice server and launch the default Spice client
--
2.51.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-01 11:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-01 11:22 [RFC 00/24] audio: add GStreamer backend marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 01/24] rust: patch thiserror to work with meson marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 02/24] audio: remove obsolete/obscure functions marcandre.lureau
2025-12-10 14:02 ` Akihiko Odaki
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 03/24] audio/dbus: make "dbus" the default backend when using -display dbus marcandre.lureau
2025-12-10 14:03 ` Akihiko Odaki
2025-12-01 11:22 ` marcandre.lureau [this message]
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 05/24] audio: introduce AudioDriver marcandre.lureau
2025-12-11 5:22 ` Akihiko Odaki
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 06/24] audio: simplify audio_init() marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 07/24] audio: move object creation to audio_driver_init() marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 08/24] audio: add QOM module-objects for each backend marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 13:20 ` BALATON Zoltan
2025-12-01 18:43 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 09/24] audio: remove set_dbus_server from audio_driver marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 10/24] audio: lookup "audio-" object types, and realize them marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 11/24] audio: switch to module-object, drop audio driver registration marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 12/24] module: remove audio module support marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 13/24] audio: keep a strong reference on the backend marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 14/24] audio: make list type declaration private marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 15/24] audio: make create_pdos() private marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 16/24] replay: remove dependency on audio/ marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 17/24] audio: make all the backend-specific APIs take the be marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:22 ` [RFC 18/24] audio: make AudioBackend truely abstract marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 19/24] audio: split AudioBackend marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 20/24] audio: AUD_ -> audio_be_ marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 21/24] audio-be: add common pre-conditions marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 22/24] audio-be: add some state trace marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 23/24] audio: split AudioDriver code in audio-driver.c marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 11:23 ` [RFC 24/24] WIP: rust/audio: add GStreamer backend marcandre.lureau
2025-12-01 13:12 ` Markus Armbruster
2025-12-01 18:26 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-12-01 13:02 ` [RFC 00/24] audio: " BALATON Zoltan
2025-12-01 13:41 ` Christian Schoenebeck
2025-12-01 18:20 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-12-01 19:30 ` BALATON Zoltan
2025-12-01 19:44 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2025-12-02 12:01 ` BALATON Zoltan
2025-12-01 20:58 ` Alexandre Ratchov
2025-12-02 7:55 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-12-02 12:03 ` BALATON Zoltan
2025-12-02 12:25 ` Geoffrey McRae
2025-12-02 12:44 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-12-02 13:25 ` Geoffrey McRae
2025-12-02 14:14 ` Marc-André Lureau
2025-12-02 14:33 ` Neal Gompa
2025-12-02 14:43 ` Geoffrey McRae
2025-12-02 14:52 ` Markus Armbruster
2025-12-03 9:19 ` Akihiko Odaki
2025-12-02 15:39 ` Christian Schoenebeck
2025-12-03 8:06 ` Alexandre Ratchov
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