On 05/31/2016 04:07 AM, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
> The command will work this way:
>     qemu-img create --trace qcow2* -f qcow2 1.img 64G
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <d...@openvz.org>
> Suggested by: Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com>
> CC: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com>
> CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> CC: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com>
> CC: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-img.c | 97 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Missing man page additions.


> @@ -155,7 +157,12 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN help(void)
>             "Parameters to compare subcommand:\n"
>             "  '-f' first image format\n"
>             "  '-F' second image format\n"
> -           "  '-s' run in Strict mode - fail on different image size or 
> sector allocation\n";
> +           "  '-s' run in Strict mode - fail on different image size or 
> sector allocation\n"
> +           "\n"
> +           "General purpose options:\n"
> +           "  -R, --trace 
> [[enable=]<pattern>][,events=<file>][,file=<file>]\n"
> +           "       specify tracing options\n"
> +           "       see qemu(1) man page for full description\n";

Why -R? Because -T is already in use by rebase and compare?  I'd almost
rather have _just_ --trace with no short option, than to pick yet
another letter, but you might want to wait for other opinions first.

I'd list general parameters before sub-command parameters.  I'd also
update the synopsis:

qemu-img [general options] command [command options]

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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