1..
2  The contents of this file must be kept in sync with qemu-option-trace.texi
3  until all the users of the texi file have been converted to rst and
4  the texi file can be removed.
5
6Specify tracing options.
7
8.. option:: [enable=]PATTERN
9
10  Immediately enable events matching *PATTERN*
11  (either event name or a globbing pattern).  This option is only
12  available if QEMU has been compiled with the ``simple``, ``log``
13  or ``ftrace`` tracing backend.  To specify multiple events or patterns,
14  specify the :option:`-trace` option multiple times.
15
16  Use :option:`-trace help` to print a list of names of trace points.
17
18.. option:: events=FILE
19
20  Immediately enable events listed in *FILE*.
21  The file must contain one event name (as listed in the ``trace-events-all``
22  file) per line; globbing patterns are accepted too.  This option is only
23  available if QEMU has been compiled with the ``simple``, ``log`` or
24  ``ftrace`` tracing backend.
25
26.. option:: file=FILE
27
28  Log output traces to *FILE*.
29  This option is only available if QEMU has been compiled with
30  the ``simple`` tracing backend.
31