2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/fw_cfg.c b/hw/fw_cfg.c
index 0361f684b4..3d6dd5fb3a 100644
--- a/hw/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/fw_cfg.c
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ void fw_cfg_add_bytes(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint8_t *data, uint32_t len)
     s->entries[arch][key].len = len;
 }
 
+void fw_cfg_add_string(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, const char *value)
+{
+    size_t sz = strlen(value) + 1;
+
+    return fw_cfg_add_bytes(s, key, (uint8_t *)g_memdup(value, sz), sz);
+}
+
 void fw_cfg_add_i16(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint16_t value)
 {
     uint16_t *copy;
diff --git a/hw/fw_cfg.h b/hw/fw_cfg.h
index 7d32f285c6..c2c57cd2aa 100644
--- a/hw/fw_cfg.h
+++ b/hw/fw_cfg.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef void (*FWCfgCallback)(void *opaque, uint8_t *data);
 
 typedef struct FWCfgState FWCfgState;
 void fw_cfg_add_bytes(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint8_t *data, uint32_t len);
+void fw_cfg_add_string(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, const char *value);
 void fw_cfg_add_i16(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint16_t value);
 void fw_cfg_add_i32(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint32_t value);
 void fw_cfg_add_i64(FWCfgState *s, uint16_t key, uint64_t value);