Re: [Qemu-devel] readconfig with machine section and type option ignored

[Marcel Apfelbaum]

On 12/16/2014 02:09 PM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> William Dauchy <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to specify machine type using the config file; for example:
> >
> > [machine]
> >    type = "pc-i440fx-2.1"
> >
> > It seems to be ignored:
> >
> >   qom-get path=/machine property=type
> > {   u'return': u'pc-i440fx-2.2-machine'}
> >
> > It does work with the command line:
> >    -M "pc-i440fx-2.1"
> >
> >   qom-get path=/machine property=type
> > {   u'return': u'pc-i440fx-2.1-machine'}
>
> Reproduced.
>
> > Is it considered as a bug? I am using qemu-2.2
>
> Yes.  Thanks for reporting it.
>
> Broken since main()'s case QEMU_OPTION_machine doesn't just parse its
> option argument with qemu_opts_parse(), it also implements parameter
> "type".  Copying Marcel because "he touched it, he owns it".
I'll have a look at this, sure.
Thanks,
Marcel