Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] rev5: support colon in filenames

[Anthony Liguori]

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

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Regards,

Anthony Liguori