fw_cfg: insert string blobs via qemu cmdline
Allow users to provide custom fw_cfg blobs with ascii string
payloads specified directly on the qemu command line.
Suggested-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <somlo@cmu.edu>
Message-id: 1443544141-26568-1-git-send-email-somlo@cmu.edu
Reviewd-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 2485b94..edee5f4 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2724,13 +2724,18 @@
DEF("fw_cfg", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fwcfg,
"-fw_cfg [name=]<name>,file=<file>\n"
- " add named fw_cfg entry from file\n",
+ " add named fw_cfg entry from file\n"
+ "-fw_cfg [name=]<name>,string=<str>\n"
+ " add named fw_cfg entry from string\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -fw_cfg [name=]@var{name},file=@var{file}
@findex -fw_cfg
Add named fw_cfg entry from file. @var{name} determines the name of
the entry in the fw_cfg file directory exposed to the guest.
+
+@item -fw_cfg [name=]@var{name},string=@var{str}
+Add named fw_cfg entry from string.
ETEXI
DEF("serial", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_serial, \