@@ -1139,6 +1139,21 @@ NICInfo *qemu_find_nic_info(const char *typename, bool match_default,
return NULL;
}
+static bool is_nic_model_help_option(const char *model)
+{
+ if (model && is_help_option(model)) {
+ /*
+ * Trigger the help output by instantiating the hash table which
+ * will gather tha available models as they get registered.
+ */
+ if (!nic_model_help) {
+ nic_model_help = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+ g_free, NULL);
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+}
/* "I have created a device. Please configure it if you can" */
bool qemu_configure_nic_device(DeviceState *dev, bool match_default,
@@ -1722,6 +1737,12 @@ void net_check_clients(void)
static int net_init_client(void *dummy, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
{
+ const char *model = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, "model");
+
+ if (is_nic_model_help_option(model)) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
return net_client_init(opts, false, errp);
}
@@ -1778,9 +1799,7 @@ static int net_param_nic(void *dummy, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
memset(ni, 0, sizeof(*ni));
ni->model = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, "model");
- if (!nic_model_help && !g_strcmp0(ni->model, "help")) {
- nic_model_help = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
- g_free, NULL);
+ if (is_nic_model_help_option(ni->model)) {
return 0;
}