Michal Novotny <minov...@redhat.com> writes: > Output error message when user provides the invalid machine type > on the command line. This also saves time to find what issue is > when you upgrade from one version of qemu to another version that > doesn't support required machine type any longer.
Text from here > > The patch is checked using ./scripts/checkpatch.pl script and > also is_help_option() function is being used. > > Michal to here belongs below the '---' line, so it's ommitted from the commit message. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Novotny <minov...@redhat.com> > --- > vl.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c > index 25b8f2f..563ae67 100644 > --- a/vl.c > +++ b/vl.c > @@ -2671,6 +2671,11 @@ static QEMUMachine *machine_parse(const char *name) > if (machine) { > return machine; > } > + > + if (name && !is_help_option(name)) { > + printf("Error: Unsupported machine type '%s'\n", name); > + } > + > printf("Supported machines are:\n"); > for (m = first_machine; m != NULL; m = m->next) { > if (m->alias) {