> > > Add global command line option to disable default devices. > > > > Should -readconfig imply this? > > Hmm, not sure. Why do you think this would be useful?
Here is my thinking: if you used -writeconfig, your machine description is (at least in theory) entirely included in the config file including (again in theory) the default devices. So, if the machine description has no parallel port, QEMU should not create a default one when you load it with -readconfig. It's not really about usefulness in other words; it's more whether you think it fits in -{read,write}config's design or not. Paolo