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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] readconfig with machine section and type option
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To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, William Dauchy <william@gandi.net>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On 12/16/2014 02:09 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> William Dauchy <william@gandi.net> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to specify machine type using the config file; for example:
>>
>> [machine]
>>    type = "pc-i440fx-2.1"
>>
>> It seems to be ignored:
>>
>>   qom-get path=/machine property=type
>> {   u'return': u'pc-i440fx-2.2-machine'}
>>
>> It does work with the command line:
>>    -M "pc-i440fx-2.1"
>>
>>   qom-get path=/machine property=type
>> {   u'return': u'pc-i440fx-2.1-machine'}
>
> Reproduced.
>
>> Is it considered as a bug? I am using qemu-2.2
>
> Yes.  Thanks for reporting it.
>
> Broken since main()'s case QEMU_OPTION_machine doesn't just parse its
> option argument with qemu_opts_parse(), it also implements parameter
> "type".  Copying Marcel because "he touched it, he owns it".
>
I'll have a look at this, sure.
Thanks,
Marcel