Anthony Liguori <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Blue Swirl wrote: >> Then how about something like: >> -drive name=hda,if=ide,cache=off,file_is_arg -filearg foo.img >> -drive name=vda,if=virtio,cache=writeback,file_comes_next -patharg foo.img >> -drive name=sdb,if=scsi,unit=1,fnarg -fnarg boo.img >> > > The explicit ordering part seems clunky to me. How about: > > -drive name=vda,if=virtio -drive.vda.file filename.img > > What's nice about this syntax is it generalizes well. You could have: > > -drive.vda.if virtio -drive.vda.file filename.img > -net nic,model=rtl8139,name=foo -net.foo.macaddr 00:11:43:55:44:22 Sanest proposal so far. Just put filenames in separate arguments, as with almost every other program. Instead of name=, let's use id= from Gerd's qdev work. Why "-drive.ID.NAME VALUE", "-net.ID.NAME VALUE" and so forth, i.e. one option per object with parameters? Assuming the ID name space is flat, a single option suffices. What about "-set ID.NAME=VALUE"? Quoting is problematic. Not only because it necessarily breaks some filenames that used to work, also because the shell quotes, too. I don't enjoy counting backslashes. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
