On 4 July 2013 16:58, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: > Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> writes: > >> On 4 July 2013 14:09, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> Multiple -machine options with the same ID are merged. All but the >>> one without an ID are to be silently ignored. >> >> I think it would make more sense just to say that specifying >> id= for -machine (or any other merge_lists=true option type) >> is not permitted. Or do you have a reason for wanting to >> have more than one -machine? > > Adding even more options to QemuOpts is what I'd rather avoid; I find it > ridiculous enough already.
That's why I suggested that we should use the existing merge_lists=true rather than adding another option. > But if y'all want one to outlaw -machine id=..., I can add it. Given that the latter half of this patchset seems to be dealing with the fallout of letting the user specify -machine id= it seems simpler just to say "don't do that". -- PMM