allowing VM code to run.
However, at the -S pause point, it's impossible to configure options that affect
-initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. That's
-when the --preconfig command line option should be used. It allows pausing QEMU
-before the initial VM creation, in a new preconfig state, where additional
+initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. The
+experimental --preconfig command line option allows pausing QEMU
+before the initial VM creation, in a ``preconfig'' state, where additional
queries and configuration can be performed via QMP before moving on to
the resulting configuration startup. In the preconfig state, QEMU only allows
a limited set of commands over the QMP monitor, where the commands do not
@item query-qmp-schema
@item query-commands
@item query-status
-@item exit-preconfig
+@item x-exit-preconfig
@end table
@node Bibliography