On 16/10/2017 18:59, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> +DEF("paused", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_paused, \
>> + "-paused [state=]postconf|preconf\n"
>> + " postconf: pause QEMU after machine is initialized\n"
>> + " preconf: pause QEMU before machine is initialized\n",
>> + QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
> I would like to allow pausing before machine-type is selected, so
> management could run query-machines before choosing a
> machine-type. Would that need a third "-pause" mode, or will we
> be able to change "preconf" to pause before select_machine() is
> called?
>
> The same probably applies to other things initialized before
> machine_run_board_init() that could be configurable using QMP,
> including but not limited to:
> * Accelerator configuration
> * Registering global properties
> * RAM size
> * SMP/CPU configuration
Should (or could) "-M none" be changed in a backwards-compatible way to
allow such preconfiguration? For example
qemu -M none -monitor stdio
(qemu) machine-set-options pc,accel=kvm
(qemu) c
Paolo
