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Re: [PATCH] ui/console: Display the 'none' backend in '-display help'
From: |
Gerd Hoffmann |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] ui/console: Display the 'none' backend in '-display help' |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 07:30:08 +0100 |
On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 08:29:47PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Commit c388f408b5 added the possibility to list the display
> backends using '-display help'. Since the 'none' backend is
> is not implemented as a DisplayChangeListenerOps, it is not
> registered to the dpys[] array with qemu_display_register(),
> and is not listed in the help output.
>
> This might be confusing, as we list it in the man page:
>
> -display type
> Select type of display to use. This option is a replacement for
> the old style -sdl/-curses/... options. Valid values for type are
>
> none
> Do not display video output. The guest will still see an
> emulated graphics card, but its output will not be displayed
> to the QEMU user. This option differs from the -nographic
> option in that it only affects what is done with video
> output; -nographic also changes the destination of the serial
> and parallel port data.
>
> Fix by manually listing the special 'none' backend in the help.
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>
Added to ui queue.
thanks,
Gerd