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authorClaudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de>2022-09-08 10:14:41 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-09-19 15:15:59 +0200
commit5e03b6daf66dfb0f5512a0dfc9e21e749b6f67b7 (patch)
treedec53f75a01efdb02bf44dfb4e44c9880837a6a1 /qemu-options.hx
parente121d7606bc9041619d8c6e0524a1ccdbbdd6547 (diff)
audio: add help option for -audio and -audiodev
add a simple help option for -audio and -audiodev to show the list of available drivers, and document them. Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de> Message-Id: <20220908081441.7111-1-cfontana@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
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@@ -704,10 +704,11 @@ SRST
``-audio [driver=]driver,model=value[,prop[=value][,...]]``
This option is a shortcut for configuring both the guest audio
hardware and the host audio backend in one go.
- The host backend options are the same as with the corresponding
- ``-audiodev`` options below. The guest hardware model can be set with
- ``model=modelname``. Use ``model=help`` to list the available device
- types.
+ The driver option is the same as with the corresponding ``-audiodev`` option below.
+ The guest hardware model can be set with ``model=modelname``.
+
+ Use ``driver=help`` to list the available drivers,
+ and ``model=help`` to list the available device types.
The following two example do exactly the same, to show how ``-audio``
can be used to shorten the command line length:
@@ -721,6 +722,7 @@ ERST
DEF("audiodev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_audiodev,
"-audiodev [driver=]driver,id=id[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
" specifies the audio backend to use\n"
+ " Use ``-audiodev help`` to list the available drivers\n"
" id= identifier of the backend\n"
" timer-period= timer period in microseconds\n"
" in|out.mixing-engine= use mixing engine to mix streams inside QEMU\n"