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| -rw-r--r-- | qdev-monitor.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qdev-monitor.c b/qdev-monitor.c index 81e3ff34a9..e5136d78e0 100644 --- a/qdev-monitor.c +++ b/qdev-monitor.c @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static DeviceClass *qdev_get_device_class(const char **driver, Error **errp) { ObjectClass *oc; DeviceClass *dc; + const char *original_name = *driver; oc = object_class_by_name(*driver); if (!oc) { @@ -200,7 +201,12 @@ static DeviceClass *qdev_get_device_class(const char **driver, Error **errp) } if (!object_class_dynamic_cast(oc, TYPE_DEVICE)) { - error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not a valid device model name", *driver); + if (*driver != original_name) { + error_setg(errp, "'%s' (alias '%s') is not a valid device model" + " name", original_name, *driver); + } else { + error_setg(errp, "'%s' is not a valid device model name", *driver); + } return NULL; } |