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+/*
+ * Commandline option parsing functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_OPTIONS_INTERNAL_H
+#define QEMU_OPTIONS_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include "qemu-option.h"
+
+struct QemuOpt {
+    const char   *name;
+    const char   *str;
+
+    const QemuOptDesc *desc;
+    union {
+        bool boolean;
+        uint64_t uint;
+    } value;
+
+    QemuOpts     *opts;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(QemuOpt) next;
+};
+
+struct QemuOpts {
+    char *id;
+    QemuOptsList *list;
+    Location loc;
+    QTAILQ_HEAD(QemuOptHead, QemuOpt) head;
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(QemuOpts) next;
+};
+
+#endif