extern QTestState *global_qtest;
+/**
+ * qtest_startf:
+ * @fmt...: Format for creating other arguments to pass to QEMU, formatted
+ * like sprintf().
+ *
+ * Start QEMU and return the resulting #QTestState (but unlike qtest_start(),
+ * #global_qtest is left at NULL).
+ *
+ * Returns: #QTestState instance.
+ */
+QTestState *qtest_startf(const char *fmt, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+
+/**
+ * qtest_vstartf:
+ * @fmt: Format for creating other arguments to pass to QEMU, formatted
+ * like vsprintf().
+ * @ap: Format arguments.
+ *
+ * Start QEMU and return the resulting #QTestState (but unlike qtest_start(),
+ * #global_qtest is left at NULL).
+ *
+ * Returns: #QTestState instance.
+ */
+QTestState *qtest_vstartf(const char *fmt, va_list ap) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
+
/**
* qtest_init:
* @extra_args: other arguments to pass to QEMU.