id = 1356
title = "\"-set device\" doesn't work with device specified in json"
state = "closed"
created_at = "2022-12-05T21:46:23.338Z"
closed_at = "2022-12-07T12:40:35.447Z"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1356"
host-os = "Fedora 37"
host-arch = "x86_64"
qemu-version = "QEMU emulator version 7.0.0 (qemu-7.0.0-11.fc37)"
guest-os = "N/A"
guest-arch = "N/A"
description = """The above QEMU command line results in:
```
qemu-system-x86_64: -set device.ua-igd.x-igd-gms=1: there is no device "ua-igd" defined
```
While the following command works:
```
qemu-system-x86_64 -accel kvm -m 8192 -nodefaults -display none -net none -device vfio-pci,host=0000:00:02.0,id=ua-igd -set device.ua-igd.x-igd-gms=1
```
libvirt has moved to the json device specification, therefore I can no longer associate use a <qemu:commandline> section to set driver options for a specific device with this broken id association."""
reproduce = """1. Create a device with an ID and use -set device.$ID to set a driver option for the device
2. Note failure when using json device format vs legacy device specification
3. Profit"""
additional = """"""