diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/parse-options.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/parse-options.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59220d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/parse-options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#ifndef __PARSE_OPTIONS_H__
+#define __PARSE_OPTIONS_H__
+
+enum parse_opt_type {
+	/* special types */
+	OPTION_END,
+	OPTION_ARGUMENT,
+	OPTION_GROUP,
+	/* options with no arguments */
+	OPTION_BIT,
+	OPTION_BOOLEAN,
+	OPTION_INCR,
+	OPTION_SET_UINT,
+	OPTION_SET_PTR,
+	/* options with arguments (usually) */
+	OPTION_STRING,
+	OPTION_INTEGER,
+	OPTION_LONG,
+	OPTION_CALLBACK,
+	OPTION_U64,
+	OPTION_UINTEGER,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_flags {
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH = 1,
+	PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION = 2,
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 = 4,
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN = 8,
+	PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP = 16,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_option_flags {
+	PARSE_OPT_OPTARG  = 1,
+	PARSE_OPT_NOARG   = 2,
+	PARSE_OPT_NONEG   = 4,
+	PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN  = 8,
+	PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT = 16,
+};
+
+struct option;
+typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
+/*
+ * `type`::
+ *   holds the type of the option, you must have an OPTION_END last in your
+ *   array.
+ *
+ * `short_name`::
+ *   the character to use as a short option name, '\0' if none.
+ *
+ * `long_name`::
+ *   the long option name, without the leading dashes, NULL if none.
+ *
+ * `value`::
+ *   stores pointers to the values to be filled.
+ *
+ * `argh`::
+ *   token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Keep it
+ *   homogenous across the repository.
+ *
+ * `help`::
+ *   the short help associated to what the option does.
+ *   Must never be NULL (except for OPTION_END).
+ *   OPTION_GROUP uses this pointer to store the group header.
+ *
+ * `flags`::
+ *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
+ *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optionnal (not for BOOLEANs)
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
+ *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
+ *                    the long one.
+ *
+ * `callback`::
+ *   pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK.
+ *
+ * `defval`::
+ *   default value to fill (*->value) with for PARSE_OPT_OPTARG.
+ *   OPTION_{BIT,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} store the {mask,integer,pointer} to put in
+ *   the value when met.
+ *   CALLBACKS can use it like they want.
+ */
+struct option {
+enum parse_opt_type type;
+int short_name;
+const char *long_name;
+void *value;
+const char *argh;
+const char *help;
+
+int flags;
+parse_opt_cb *callback;
+intptr_t defval;
+};
+
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); }))
+#define check_vtype(v, type) \
+	(BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(v), type)) + v)
+
+#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)             \
+{                                           \
+	.type = OPTION_INTEGER,             \
+	.short_name = (s),                  \
+	.long_name = (l),                   \
+	.value = check_vtype(v, int *),     \
+	.help = (h)                         \
+}
+
+#define OPT_U64(s, l, v, h)                 \
+{                                           \
+	.type = OPTION_U64,                 \
+	.short_name = (s),                  \
+	.long_name = (l),                   \
+	.value = check_vtype(v, u64 *),     \
+	.help = (h)                         \
+}
+
+#define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)           \
+{                                           \
+	.type = OPTION_STRING,              \
+	.short_name = (s),                  \
+	.long_name = (l),                   \
+	.value = check_vtype(v, const char **), (a), \
+	.help = (h)                         \
+}
+
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)             \
+{                                           \
+	.type = OPTION_BOOLEAN,             \
+	.short_name = (s),                  \
+	.long_name = (l),                   \
+	.value = check_vtype(v, bool *),    \
+	.help = (h)                         \
+}
+
+#define OPT_END() { .type = OPTION_END }
+
+enum {
+	PARSE_OPT_HELP = -1,
+	PARSE_OPT_DONE,
+	PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN,
+};
+
+/*
+ * It's okay for the caller to consume argv/argc in the usual way.
+ * Other fields of that structure are private to parse-options and should not
+ * be modified in any way.
+ **/
+struct parse_opt_ctx_t {
+	const char **argv;
+	const char **out;
+	int argc, cpidx;
+	const char *opt;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+/* global functions */
+void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
+		const struct option *opts);
+int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
+		const char * const usagestr[], int flags);
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/strbuf.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/strbuf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e67ca20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/strbuf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef __STRBUF_H__
+#define __STRBUF_H__
+
+int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
index 8c80777..ae033cc 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/util.h
@@ -48,4 +48,12 @@ do {								\
 
 extern size_t strlcat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count);
 
+/* some inline functions */
+
+static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(prefix);
+	return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
+}
+
 #endif /* KVM__UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/linux/types.h b/tools/kvm/include/linux/types.h
index 70e2546..b989d2a 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/tools/kvm/include/linux/types.h
@@ -15,4 +15,16 @@
 #define __s64		int64_t
 #define __u64		uint64_t
 
+typedef __u64 u64;
+typedef __s64 s64;
+
+typedef __u32 u32;
+typedef __s32 s32;
+
+typedef __u16 u16;
+typedef __s16 s16;
+
+typedef __u8  u8;
+typedef __s8  s8;
+
 #endif /* LINUX_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/tools/kvm/util/parse-options.c b/tools/kvm/util/parse-options.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3065c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/kvm/util/parse-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+/* user defined includes */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <kvm/util.h>
+#include <kvm/parse-options.h>
+#include <kvm/strbuf.h>
+
+#define OPT_SHORT 1
+#define OPT_UNSET 2
+
+static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
+{
+	if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
+		return error("switch `%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason);
+	if (flags & OPT_UNSET)
+		return error("option `no-%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+	return error("option `%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+}
+
+static int get_arg(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const struct option *opt,
+		int flags, const char **arg)
+{
+	if (p->opt) {
+		*arg = p->opt;
+		p->opt = NULL;
+	} else if ((opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT) && (p->argc == 1 ||
+				**(p->argv + 1) == '-')) {
+		*arg = (const char *)opt->defval;
+	} else if (p->argc > 1) {
+		p->argc--;
+		*arg = *++p->argv;
+	} else
+		return opterror(opt, "requires a value", flags);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
+		const struct option *opt, int flags)
+{
+	const char *s, *arg = NULL;
+	const int unset = flags & OPT_UNSET;
+
+	if (unset && p->opt)
+		return opterror(opt, "takes no value", flags);
+	if (unset && (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NONEG))
+		return opterror(opt, "isn't available", flags);
+
+	if (!(flags & OPT_SHORT) && p->opt) {
+		switch (opt->type) {
+		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+			if (!(opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG))
+				break;
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
+		case OPTION_BIT:
+		case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+			return opterror(opt, "takes no value", flags);
+		case OPTION_END:
+		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+		case OPTION_GROUP:
+		case OPTION_STRING:
+		case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		case OPTION_LONG:
+		case OPTION_U64:
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch (opt->type) {
+	case OPTION_BIT:
+		if (unset)
+			*(int *)opt->value &= ~opt->defval;
+		else
+			*(int *)opt->value |= opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		*(bool *)opt->value = unset ? false : true;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_INCR:
+		*(int *)opt->value = unset ? 0 : *(int *)opt->value + 1;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		*(unsigned int *)opt->value = unset ? 0 : opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		*(void **)opt->value = unset ? NULL : (void *)opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_STRING:
+		if (unset)
+			*(const char **)opt->value = NULL;
+		else if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt)
+			*(const char **)opt->value = (const char *)opt->defval;
+		else
+			return get_arg(p, opt, flags, (const char **)opt->value);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		if (unset)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 1) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		return (*opt->callback)(opt, arg, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+
+	case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(int *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(int *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(int *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(unsigned int *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(unsigned int *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(unsigned int *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_LONG:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(long *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_U64:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(u64 *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(u64 *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(u64 *)opt->value = strtoull(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_END:
+	case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+	case OPTION_GROUP:
+	default:
+		die("should not happen, someone must be hit on the forehead");
+	}
+}
+
+#define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
+#define USAGE_GAP         2
+
+static int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
+		const struct option *opts, int full)
+{
+	if (!usagestr)
+		return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
+		fprintf(stderr, "    or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n",
+				**usagestr ? "    " : "",
+				*usagestr);
+		usagestr++;
+	}
+
+	if (opts->type != OPTION_GROUP)
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	for (; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
+		size_t pos;
+		int pad;
+
+		if (opts->type == OPTION_GROUP) {
+			fputc('\n', stderr);
+			if (*opts->help)
+				fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", opts->help);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
+			continue;
+
+		pos = fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+		if (opts->short_name)
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, "-%c", opts->short_name);
+		else
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+
+		if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, ", ");
+		if (opts->long_name)
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, "--%s", opts->long_name);
+
+		switch (opts->type) {
+		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+			break;
+		case OPTION_LONG:
+		case OPTION_U64:
+		case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+				if (opts->long_name)
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
+			break;
+		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+				break;
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case OPTION_STRING:
+			if (opts->argh) {
+				if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+					if (opts->long_name)
+						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
+					else
+						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
+			} else {
+				if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+					if (opts->long_name)
+						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
+					else
+						pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
+			}
+				break;
+		default: /* OPTION_{BIT,BOOLEAN,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} */
+		case OPTION_END:
+		case OPTION_GROUP:
+		case OPTION_BIT:
+		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
+		case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+			break;
+		}
+		if (pos <= USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH)
+			pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH - pos;
+		else {
+			fputc('\n', stderr);
+			pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH;
+		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s\n", pad + USAGE_GAP, "", opts->help);
+	}
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+}
+
+void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
+		const struct option *opts)
+{
+	usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, opts, 0);
+	exit(129);
+}
+
+static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options)
+{
+	if (strlen(arg) < 3)
+		return;
+
+	if (!prefixcmp(arg, "no-")) {
+		error ("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)", arg);
+		exit(129);
+	}
+
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		if (!options->long_name)
+			continue;
+		if (!prefixcmp(options->long_name, arg)) {
+			error ("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)", arg);
+			exit(129);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int parse_options_usage(const char * const *usagestr,
+		const struct option *opts)
+{
+	return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, opts, 0);
+}
+
+static int parse_short_opt(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
+        const struct option *options)
+{
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		if (options->short_name == *p->opt) {
+			p->opt = p->opt[1] ? p->opt + 1 : NULL;
+			return get_value(p, options, OPT_SHORT);
+		}
+	}
+	return -2;
+}
+
+static int parse_long_opt(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const char *arg,
+		const struct option *options)
+{
+	const char *arg_end = strchr(arg, '=');
+	const struct option *abbrev_option = NULL, *ambiguous_option = NULL;
+	int abbrev_flags = 0, ambiguous_flags = 0;
+
+	if (!arg_end)
+		arg_end = arg + strlen(arg);
+
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		const char *rest;
+		int flags = 0;
+
+		if (!options->long_name)
+			continue;
+
+		rest = skip_prefix(arg, options->long_name);
+		if (options->type == OPTION_ARGUMENT) {
+			if (!rest)
+				continue;
+			if (*rest == '=')
+				return opterror(options, "takes no value", flags);
+			if (*rest)
+				continue;
+			p->out[p->cpidx++] = arg - 2;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (!rest) {
+			/* abbreviated? */
+			if (!strncmp(options->long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
+is_abbreviated:
+				if (abbrev_option) {
+					/*
+					 * If this is abbreviated, it is
+					 * ambiguous. So when there is no
+					 * exact match later, we need to
+					 * error out.
+					 */
+					ambiguous_option = abbrev_option;
+					ambiguous_flags = abbrev_flags;
+				}
+				if (!(flags & OPT_UNSET) && *arg_end)
+					p->opt = arg_end + 1;
+				abbrev_option = options;
+				abbrev_flags = flags;
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* negated and abbreviated very much? */
+			if (!prefixcmp("no-", arg)) {
+				flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+				goto is_abbreviated;
+			}
+			/* negated? */
+			if (strncmp(arg, "no-", 3))
+				continue;
+			flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+			rest = skip_prefix(arg + 3, options->long_name);
+			/* abbreviated and negated? */
+			if (!rest && !prefixcmp(options->long_name, arg + 3))
+				goto is_abbreviated;
+			if (!rest)
+				continue;
+		}
+		if (*rest) {
+			if (*rest != '=')
+				continue;
+			p->opt = rest + 1;
+		}
+		return get_value(p, options, flags);
+	}
+
+	if (ambiguous_option)
+		return error("Ambiguous option: %s "
+				"(could be --%s%s or --%s%s)",
+				arg,
+				(ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+				ambiguous_option->long_name,
+				(abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+				abbrev_option->long_name);
+	if (abbrev_option)
+		return get_value(p, abbrev_option, abbrev_flags);
+	return -2;
+}
+
+
+static void parse_options_start(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx, int argc,
+		const char **argv, int flags)
+{
+	memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
+	ctx->argc = argc;
+	ctx->argv = argv;
+	ctx->out  = argv;
+	ctx->cpidx = ((flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0) != 0);
+	ctx->flags = flags;
+	if ((flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN) &&
+			(flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION))
+		die("STOP_AT_NON_OPTION and KEEP_UNKNOWN don't go together");
+}
+
+static int parse_options_end(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+	memmove(ctx->out + ctx->cpidx, ctx->argv, ctx->argc * sizeof(*ctx->out));
+	ctx->out[ctx->cpidx + ctx->argc] = NULL;
+	return ctx->cpidx + ctx->argc;
+}
+
+
+static int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
+		const struct option *options, const char * const usagestr[])
+{
+	int internal_help = !(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP);
+
+	/* we must reset ->opt, unknown short option leave it dangling */
+	ctx->opt = NULL;
+
+	for (; ctx->argc; ctx->argc--, ctx->argv++) {
+		const char *arg = ctx->argv[0];
+
+		if (*arg != '-' || !arg[1]) {
+			if (ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION)
+				break;
+			ctx->out[ctx->cpidx++] = ctx->argv[0];
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (arg[1] != '-') {
+			ctx->opt = arg + 1;
+			if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
+				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+			switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
+			case -1:
+				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+			case -2:
+				goto unknown;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+			if (ctx->opt)
+				check_typos(arg + 1, options);
+			while (ctx->opt) {
+				if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
+					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+				switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
+				case -1:
+					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+				case -2:
+					/* fake a short option thing to hide the fact that we may have
+					 * started to parse aggregated stuff
+					 *
+					 * This is leaky, too bad.
+					 */
+					ctx->argv[0] = strdup(ctx->opt - 1);
+					*(char *)ctx->argv[0] = '-';
+					goto unknown;
+				default:
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!arg[2]) { /* "--" */
+			if (!(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH)) {
+				ctx->argc--;
+				ctx->argv++;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help-all"))
+			return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 1);
+		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg + 2, "help"))
+			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+		switch (parse_long_opt(ctx, arg + 2, options)) {
+		case -1:
+			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options);
+		case -2:
+			goto unknown;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		continue;
+unknown:
+		if (!(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN))
+			return PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN;
+		ctx->out[ctx->cpidx++] = ctx->argv[0];
+		ctx->opt = NULL;
+	}
+	return PARSE_OPT_DONE;
+}
+
+int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
+		const char * const usagestr[], int flags)
+{
+	struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx;
+
+	parse_options_start(&ctx, argc, argv, flags);
+	switch (parse_options_step(&ctx, options, usagestr)) {
+	case PARSE_OPT_HELP:
+		exit(129);
+	case PARSE_OPT_DONE:
+		break;
+	default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
+		if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-') {
+			error("unknown option `%s'", ctx.argv[0] + 2);
+		} else {
+			error("unknown switch `%c'", *ctx.opt);
+		}
+		usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
+	}
+
+	return parse_options_end(&ctx);
+}
diff --git a/tools/kvm/util/strbuf.c b/tools/kvm/util/strbuf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec77ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/kvm/util/strbuf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+/* user defined headers */
+#include <kvm/strbuf.h>
+
+int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+	for (; ; str++, prefix++) {
+		if (!*prefix)
+			return 0;
+		else if (*str != *prefix)
+			return (unsigned char)*prefix - (unsigned char)*str;
+	}
+}
