Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> writes: > Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> writes: > >> Am 21.01.2011 17:58, schrieb Markus Armbruster: >>> Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> writes: >>> >>>> Am 17.01.2011 19:31, schrieb Markus Armbruster: >>>>> For reasons lost in the mist of time, we silently ignore multiple >>>>> definitions for the same drive: >>>>> >>>>> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -vnc :1 -S -monitor stdio -drive >>>>> if=ide,index=1,file=tmp.qcow2 -drive if=ide,index=1,file=nonexistant >>>>> QEMU 0.13.50 monitor - type 'help' for more information >>>>> (qemu) info block >>>>> ide0-hd1: type=hd removable=0 file=tmp.qcow2 backing_file=tmp.img >>>>> ro=0 drv=qcow2 encrypted=0 >>>>> >>>>> With if=none, this can become quite confusing: >>>>> >>>>> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults -vnc :1 -S -monitor stdio -drive >>>>> if=none,index=1,file=tmp.qcow2,id=eins -drive >>>>> if=none,index=1,file=nonexistant,id=zwei -device ide-drive,drive=eins >>>>> -device ide-drive,drive=zwei >>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: -device ide-drive,drive=zwei: Property >>>>> 'ide-drive.drive' can't find value 'zwei' >>>>> >>>>> The second -device fails, because it refers to drive zwei, which got >>>>> silently ignored. >>>>> >>>>> Make multiple drive definitions fail cleanly. >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> >>>> >>>> Dropped this one (and patch 5, which depends on it) from the block >>>> branch again, it breaks -cdrom and probably other drives which are >>>> created by default. >>> >>> --verbose? >>> >>> I was wondering what crap could depend on the crazy silent ignore... >> >> Just try using -cdrom and you'll see yourself. > > Works for me. Possibly due to some "it's late on Friday" stupidity on > my part.
Got it: it's my use of -nodefaults. I hardly ever use QEMU without it... Thanks! [...]