> On 27 Mar 2015, at 19:15, Leon Alrae <leon.al...@imgtec.com> wrote: > > ... introducing separate "-semihosting-arg" option to pass input arguments
if we'll ever go for this solution, I would call it "-semihosting-cmdline", since it should include the entire command line, starting with argv[0]. > ... but basically it makes the life easier. this was my opinion too, and my first patches implemented this solution. > On 27 Mar 2015, at 19:21, Peter Maydell <peter.mayd...@linaro.org> wrote: > ... The > problem with extra ad-hoc top level command line arguments > is that they don't fit in with the structure we're trying > to impose on new QEMU options, which is that they should > have a particular syntax and sit inside option groups > (in this case, -semihosting-config). this is also true, and, although a bit more complicated to use, I implemented this solution. > I think we sort of stalled > because it wasn't clear that you were happy with the double-comma > thing. my fault for stalling it, I decided to wait until I have a chance to give it a try in a real use case (in my testing infrastructure, which is not yet ready... :-( ) but, as I said, although a bit more complicated, the current solution seems fully functional. regards, Liviu