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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Patch 1/2] switch support v2
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To: Armin <akuster@kama-aina.net>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Hi,

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Armin wrote:

> This may be one way to simulate switch or jumper settings one may change 
> on a board before booting. It uses a simple text file for input. The 
> file name is pointed to by -config <path to file> on the command line.
> 
> example:
> config file:
> [switches]
> 7:on
> [jumpers]

I find this format utterly ugly.  You have sections like INI files, but 
then refuse to keep to that format.

Besides, I fail to see why this has to be a config file?  All other 
settings are command line switches and/or monitor settings, and there is 
no good reason why switches and jumpers should not be handled that way.

Ciao,
Dscho