Markus Armbruster wrote:
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.
Works for me.
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"?
Looks attractive on the surface. Feels really difficult to implement :-)
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.
Yup.
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
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