diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 041ee07..f08cf96 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -980,9 +980,36 @@
 #endif
 };
 
+static QemuOptsList qemu_iscsi_opts = {
+    .name = "iscsi",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_iscsi_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "user",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "username for CHAP authentication to target",
+        },{
+            .name = "password",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "password for CHAP authentication to target",
+        },{
+            .name = "header-digest",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "HeaderDigest setting. "
+                    "{CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE}",
+        },{
+            .name = "initiator-name",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Initiator iqn name to use when connecting",
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 static void iscsi_block_init(void)
 {
     bdrv_register(&bdrv_iscsi);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_iscsi_opts);
 }
 
 block_init(iscsi_block_init);
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index d724e2d..9126587 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1427,3 +1427,121 @@
     bdrv_iterate(do_qmp_query_block_jobs_one, &prev);
     return dummy.next;
 }
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts = {
+    .name = "drive",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_drive_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "bus",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "bus number",
+        },{
+            .name = "unit",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "unit number (i.e. lun for scsi)",
+        },{
+            .name = "if",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "interface (ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio)",
+        },{
+            .name = "index",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "index number",
+        },{
+            .name = "cyls",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of cylinders (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "heads",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of heads (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "secs",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "number of sectors (ide disk geometry)",
+        },{
+            .name = "trans",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "chs translation (auto, lba. none)",
+        },{
+            .name = "media",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "media type (disk, cdrom)",
+        },{
+            .name = "snapshot",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "enable/disable snapshot mode",
+        },{
+            .name = "file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk image",
+        },{
+            .name = "cache",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "host cache usage (none, writeback, writethrough, "
+                    "directsync, unsafe)",
+        },{
+            .name = "aio",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "host AIO implementation (threads, native)",
+        },{
+            .name = "format",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk format (raw, qcow2, ...)",
+        },{
+            .name = "serial",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "disk serial number",
+        },{
+            .name = "rerror",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "read error action",
+        },{
+            .name = "werror",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "write error action",
+        },{
+            .name = "addr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "pci address (virtio only)",
+        },{
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "open drive file as read-only",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total I/O operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "iops_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write operations per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit total bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_rd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit read bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "bps_wr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "limit write bytes per second",
+        },{
+            .name = "copy-on-read",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "copy read data from backing file into image file",
+        },{
+            .name = "boot",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "(deprecated, ignored)",
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/fsdev/Makefile.objs b/fsdev/Makefile.objs
index cb1e250..ee16ca6 100644
--- a/fsdev/Makefile.objs
+++ b/fsdev/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 else
 common-obj-y = qemu-fsdev-dummy.o
 endif
+common-obj-y += qemu-fsdev-opts.o
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-dummy.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-dummy.c
index 4bcf38f..7dc2630 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-dummy.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-dummy.c
@@ -20,10 +20,3 @@
 {
     return 0;
 }
-
-static void fsdev_register_config(void)
-{
-    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_fsdev_opts);
-    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_virtfs_opts);
-}
-machine_init(fsdev_register_config);
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6311c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev-opts.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Virtio 9p
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later.  See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/config-file.h"
+#include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/module.h"
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts = {
+    .name = "fsdev",
+    .implied_opt_name = "fsdriver",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_fsdev_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "fsdriver",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "path",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "security_model",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "writeout",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+
+        }, {
+            .name = "socket",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "sock_fd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },
+
+        { /*End of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_virtfs_opts = {
+    .name = "virtfs",
+    .implied_opt_name = "fsdriver",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_virtfs_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "fsdriver",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "path",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "mount_tag",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "security_model",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "writeout",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        }, {
+            .name = "socket",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "sock_fd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },
+
+        { /*End of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static void fsdev_register_config(void)
+{
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_fsdev_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_virtfs_opts);
+}
+machine_init(fsdev_register_config);
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
index 4cc04d4..6eaf36d 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
@@ -97,11 +97,3 @@
     }
     return NULL;
 }
-
-static void fsdev_register_config(void)
-{
-    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_fsdev_opts);
-    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_virtfs_opts);
-}
-machine_init(fsdev_register_config);
-
diff --git a/hw/qdev-monitor.c b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
index b739867..93283ee 100644
--- a/hw/qdev-monitor.c
+++ b/hw/qdev-monitor.c
@@ -615,3 +615,54 @@
     qdev_get_peripheral_anon();
     qdev_get_peripheral();
 }
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_device_opts = {
+    .name = "device",
+    .implied_opt_name = "driver",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_device_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        /*
+         * no elements => accept any
+         * sanity checking will happen later
+         * when setting device properties
+         */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_global_opts = {
+    .name = "global",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_global_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "driver",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "property",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "value",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+int qemu_global_option(const char *str)
+{
+    char driver[64], property[64];
+    QemuOpts *opts;
+    int rc, offset;
+
+    rc = sscanf(str, "%63[^.].%63[^=]%n", driver, property, &offset);
+    if (rc < 2 || str[offset] != '=') {
+        error_report("can't parse: \"%s\"", str);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&qemu_global_opts);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", driver);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, "property", property);
+    qemu_opt_set(opts, "value", str+offset+1);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/qemu/config-file.h b/include/qemu/config-file.h
index 486c77c..ccfccae 100644
--- a/include/qemu/config-file.h
+++ b/include/qemu/config-file.h
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts;
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_virtfs_opts;
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts;
-extern QemuOptsList qemu_sandbox_opts;
-
 QemuOptsList *qemu_find_opts(const char *group);
 QemuOptsList *qemu_find_opts_err(const char *group, Error **errp);
 void qemu_add_opts(QemuOptsList *list);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 28a783e..c07d4ee 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -183,4 +183,12 @@
 
 bool usb_enabled(bool default_usb);
 
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_device_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_net_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_global_opts;
+extern QemuOptsList qemu_mon_opts;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 9cf419b..7b72219 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -4790,3 +4790,25 @@
 
     return monitor_read_bdrv_key_start(mon, bs, completion_cb, opaque);
 }
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_mon_opts = {
+    .name = "mon",
+    .implied_opt_name = "chardev",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_mon_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "mode",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "chardev",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "default",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "pretty",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index dbf3e1b..02b5458 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -1054,3 +1054,29 @@
     }
     return crc >> 26;
 }
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts = {
+    .name = "netdev",
+    .implied_opt_name = "type",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_netdev_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        /*
+         * no elements => accept any params
+         * validation will happen later
+         */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+QemuOptsList qemu_net_opts = {
+    .name = "net",
+    .implied_opt_name = "type",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_net_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        /*
+         * no elements => accept any params
+         * validation will happen later
+         */
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index f41788c..3be4970 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2924,3 +2924,75 @@
     return serial_hds[next_serial++];
 }
 
+QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts = {
+    .name = "chardev",
+    .implied_opt_name = "backend",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_chardev_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "backend",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "path",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "host",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "port",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "localaddr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "localport",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "to",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "ipv4",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "ipv6",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "wait",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "server",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "delay",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "telnet",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "width",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "height",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "cols",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "rows",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "mux",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "signal",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "name",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "debug",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 2188c3e..47c81f7 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -5,667 +5,7 @@
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 
-static QemuOptsList qemu_drive_opts = {
-    .name = "drive",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_drive_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "bus",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "bus number",
-        },{
-            .name = "unit",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "unit number (i.e. lun for scsi)",
-        },{
-            .name = "if",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "interface (ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio)",
-        },{
-            .name = "index",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "index number",
-        },{
-            .name = "cyls",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "number of cylinders (ide disk geometry)",
-        },{
-            .name = "heads",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "number of heads (ide disk geometry)",
-        },{
-            .name = "secs",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "number of sectors (ide disk geometry)",
-        },{
-            .name = "trans",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "chs translation (auto, lba. none)",
-        },{
-            .name = "media",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "media type (disk, cdrom)",
-        },{
-            .name = "snapshot",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "enable/disable snapshot mode",
-        },{
-            .name = "file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "disk image",
-        },{
-            .name = "cache",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "host cache usage (none, writeback, writethrough, "
-                    "directsync, unsafe)",
-        },{
-            .name = "aio",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "host AIO implementation (threads, native)",
-        },{
-            .name = "format",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "disk format (raw, qcow2, ...)",
-        },{
-            .name = "serial",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "disk serial number",
-        },{
-            .name = "rerror",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "read error action",
-        },{
-            .name = "werror",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "write error action",
-        },{
-            .name = "addr",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "pci address (virtio only)",
-        },{
-            .name = "readonly",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "open drive file as read-only",
-        },{
-            .name = "iops",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit total I/O operations per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "iops_rd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit read operations per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "iops_wr",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit write operations per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "bps",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit total bytes per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "bps_rd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit read bytes per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "bps_wr",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "limit write bytes per second",
-        },{
-            .name = "copy-on-read",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "copy read data from backing file into image file",
-        },{
-            .name = "boot",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "(deprecated, ignored)",
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_iscsi_opts = {
-    .name = "iscsi",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_iscsi_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "user",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "username for CHAP authentication to target",
-        },{
-            .name = "password",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "password for CHAP authentication to target",
-        },{
-            .name = "header-digest",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "HeaderDigest setting. "
-                    "{CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE}",
-        },{
-            .name = "initiator-name",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Initiator iqn name to use when connecting",
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_chardev_opts = {
-    .name = "chardev",
-    .implied_opt_name = "backend",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_chardev_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "backend",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "path",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "host",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "port",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "localaddr",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "localport",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "to",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "ipv4",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "ipv6",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "wait",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "server",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "delay",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "telnet",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "width",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "height",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "cols",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "rows",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "mux",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "signal",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "name",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "debug",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_fsdev_opts = {
-    .name = "fsdev",
-    .implied_opt_name = "fsdriver",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_fsdev_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "fsdriver",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "path",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "security_model",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "writeout",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "readonly",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-
-        }, {
-            .name = "socket",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "sock_fd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },
-
-        { /*End of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_virtfs_opts = {
-    .name = "virtfs",
-    .implied_opt_name = "fsdriver",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_virtfs_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "fsdriver",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "path",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "mount_tag",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "security_model",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "writeout",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "readonly",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        }, {
-            .name = "socket",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "sock_fd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },
-
-        { /*End of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_device_opts = {
-    .name = "device",
-    .implied_opt_name = "driver",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_device_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        /*
-         * no elements => accept any
-         * sanity checking will happen later
-         * when setting device properties
-         */
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_netdev_opts = {
-    .name = "netdev",
-    .implied_opt_name = "type",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_netdev_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        /*
-         * no elements => accept any params
-         * validation will happen later
-         */
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_net_opts = {
-    .name = "net",
-    .implied_opt_name = "type",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_net_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        /*
-         * no elements => accept any params
-         * validation will happen later
-         */
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_rtc_opts = {
-    .name = "rtc",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_rtc_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "base",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "clock",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "driftfix",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_global_opts = {
-    .name = "global",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_global_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "driver",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "property",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "value",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_sandbox_opts = {
-    .name = "sandbox",
-    .implied_opt_name = "enable",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_sandbox_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "enable",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_mon_opts = {
-    .name = "mon",
-    .implied_opt_name = "chardev",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_mon_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "mode",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "chardev",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "default",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "pretty",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_trace_opts = {
-    .name = "trace",
-    .implied_opt_name = "trace",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_trace_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "events",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts = {
-    .name = "spice",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_spice_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "port",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "tls-port",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        },{
-            .name = "addr",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "ipv4",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "ipv6",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "password",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "disable-ticketing",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "disable-copy-paste",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "sasl",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-dir",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-key-file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-key-password",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-cert-file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-cacert-file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "x509-dh-key-file",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "tls-ciphers",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "tls-channel",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "plaintext-channel",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "image-compression",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "jpeg-wan-compression",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "zlib-glz-wan-compression",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "streaming-video",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },{
-            .name = "agent-mouse",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },{
-            .name = "playback-compression",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        }, {
-            .name = "seamless-migration",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_option_rom_opts = {
-    .name = "option-rom",
-    .implied_opt_name = "romfile",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_option_rom_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "bootindex",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-        }, {
-            .name = "romfile",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
-    .name = "machine",
-    .implied_opt_name = "type",
-    .merge_lists = true,
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_machine_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "type",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "emulated machine"
-        }, {
-            .name = "accel",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "accelerator list",
-        }, {
-            .name = "kernel_irqchip",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "use KVM in-kernel irqchip",
-        }, {
-            .name = "kvm_shadow_mem",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
-            .help = "KVM shadow MMU size",
-        }, {
-            .name = "kernel",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Linux kernel image file",
-        }, {
-            .name = "initrd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Linux initial ramdisk file",
-        }, {
-            .name = "append",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Linux kernel command line",
-        }, {
-            .name = "dtb",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Linux kernel device tree file",
-        }, {
-            .name = "dumpdtb",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Dump current dtb to a file and quit",
-        }, {
-            .name = "phandle_start",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "The first phandle ID we may generate dynamically",
-        }, {
-            .name = "dt_compatible",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Overrides the \"compatible\" property of the dt root node",
-        }, {
-            .name = "dump-guest-core",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "Include guest memory in  a core dump",
-        }, {
-            .name = "mem-merge",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "enable/disable memory merge support",
-        },{
-            .name = "usb",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
-            .help = "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
-        }, {
-            .name = "nvram",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "Drive backing persistent NVRAM",
-        },
-        { /* End of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-QemuOptsList qemu_boot_opts = {
-    .name = "boot-opts",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_boot_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        /* the three names below are not used now */
-        {
-            .name = "order",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "once",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "menu",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        /* following are really used */
-        }, {
-            .name = "splash",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "splash-time",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        }, {
-            .name = "reboot-timeout",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-        },
-        { /*End of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_add_fd_opts = {
-    .name = "add-fd",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_add_fd_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        {
-            .name = "fd",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "file descriptor of which a duplicate is added to fd set",
-        },{
-            .name = "set",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
-            .help = "ID of the fd set to add fd to",
-        },{
-            .name = "opaque",
-            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
-            .help = "free-form string used to describe fd",
-        },
-        { /* end of list */ }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList qemu_object_opts = {
-    .name = "object",
-    .implied_opt_name = "qom-type",
-    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_object_opts.head),
-    .desc = {
-        { }
-    },
-};
-
-static QemuOptsList *vm_config_groups[32] = {
-    &qemu_drive_opts,
-    &qemu_chardev_opts,
-    &qemu_device_opts,
-    &qemu_netdev_opts,
-    &qemu_net_opts,
-    &qemu_rtc_opts,
-    &qemu_global_opts,
-    &qemu_mon_opts,
-    &qemu_trace_opts,
-    &qemu_option_rom_opts,
-    &qemu_machine_opts,
-    &qemu_boot_opts,
-    &qemu_iscsi_opts,
-    &qemu_sandbox_opts,
-    &qemu_add_fd_opts,
-    &qemu_object_opts,
-    NULL,
-};
+static QemuOptsList *vm_config_groups[32];
 
 static QemuOptsList *find_list(QemuOptsList **lists, const char *group,
                                Error **errp)
@@ -748,25 +88,6 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-int qemu_global_option(const char *str)
-{
-    char driver[64], property[64];
-    QemuOpts *opts;
-    int rc, offset;
-
-    rc = sscanf(str, "%63[^.].%63[^=]%n", driver, property, &offset);
-    if (rc < 2 || str[offset] != '=') {
-        error_report("can't parse: \"%s\"", str);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    opts = qemu_opts_create_nofail(&qemu_global_opts);
-    qemu_opt_set(opts, "driver", driver);
-    qemu_opt_set(opts, "property", property);
-    qemu_opt_set(opts, "value", str+offset+1);
-    return 0;
-}
-
 struct ConfigWriteData {
     QemuOptsList *list;
     FILE *fp;
diff --git a/ui/spice-core.c b/ui/spice-core.c
index d83de2a..3f2c565 100644
--- a/ui/spice-core.c
+++ b/ui/spice-core.c
@@ -417,6 +417,90 @@
     return head;
 }
 
+static QemuOptsList qemu_spice_opts = {
+    .name = "spice",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_spice_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "port",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "tls-port",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        },{
+            .name = "addr",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "ipv4",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "ipv6",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "password",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "disable-ticketing",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "disable-copy-paste",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "sasl",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-dir",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-key-file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-key-password",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-cert-file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-cacert-file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "x509-dh-key-file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "tls-ciphers",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "tls-channel",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "plaintext-channel",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "image-compression",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "jpeg-wan-compression",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "zlib-glz-wan-compression",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "streaming-video",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "agent-mouse",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },{
+            .name = "playback-compression",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        }, {
+            .name = "seamless-migration",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 SpiceInfo *qmp_query_spice(Error **errp)
 {
     QemuOpts *opts = QTAILQ_FIRST(&qemu_spice_opts.head);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e5da31c..59ce063 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -299,6 +299,195 @@
     { .driver = "qxl-vga",              .flag = &default_vga       },
 };
 
+static QemuOptsList qemu_rtc_opts = {
+    .name = "rtc",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_rtc_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "base",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "clock",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "driftfix",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_sandbox_opts = {
+    .name = "sandbox",
+    .implied_opt_name = "enable",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_sandbox_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "enable",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_trace_opts = {
+    .name = "trace",
+    .implied_opt_name = "trace",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_trace_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "events",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },{
+            .name = "file",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_option_rom_opts = {
+    .name = "option-rom",
+    .implied_opt_name = "romfile",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_option_rom_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "bootindex",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+        }, {
+            .name = "romfile",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
+    .name = "machine",
+    .implied_opt_name = "type",
+    .merge_lists = true,
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_machine_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "type",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "emulated machine"
+        }, {
+            .name = "accel",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "accelerator list",
+        }, {
+            .name = "kernel_irqchip",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "use KVM in-kernel irqchip",
+        }, {
+            .name = "kvm_shadow_mem",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
+            .help = "KVM shadow MMU size",
+        }, {
+            .name = "kernel",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Linux kernel image file",
+        }, {
+            .name = "initrd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Linux initial ramdisk file",
+        }, {
+            .name = "append",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Linux kernel command line",
+        }, {
+            .name = "dtb",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Linux kernel device tree file",
+        }, {
+            .name = "dumpdtb",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Dump current dtb to a file and quit",
+        }, {
+            .name = "phandle_start",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "The first phandle ID we may generate dynamically",
+        }, {
+            .name = "dt_compatible",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Overrides the \"compatible\" property of the dt root node",
+        }, {
+            .name = "dump-guest-core",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Include guest memory in  a core dump",
+        }, {
+            .name = "mem-merge",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "enable/disable memory merge support",
+        },{
+            .name = "usb",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
+        },
+        { /* End of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_boot_opts = {
+    .name = "boot-opts",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_boot_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        /* the three names below are not used now */
+        {
+            .name = "order",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "once",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "menu",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        /* following are really used */
+        }, {
+            .name = "splash",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "splash-time",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "reboot-timeout",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        },
+        { /*End of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_add_fd_opts = {
+    .name = "add-fd",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_add_fd_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "fd",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "file descriptor of which a duplicate is added to fd set",
+        },{
+            .name = "set",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
+            .help = "ID of the fd set to add fd to",
+        },{
+            .name = "opaque",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "free-form string used to describe fd",
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
+static QemuOptsList qemu_object_opts = {
+    .name = "object",
+    .implied_opt_name = "qom-type",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_object_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        { }
+    },
+};
+
 const char *qemu_get_vm_name(void)
 {
     return qemu_name;
@@ -2566,6 +2755,22 @@
 
     module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
 
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_drive_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_chardev_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_device_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_netdev_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_net_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_rtc_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_global_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_mon_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_trace_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_option_rom_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_machine_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_boot_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_sandbox_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_add_fd_opts);
+    qemu_add_opts(&qemu_object_opts);
+
     runstate_init();
 
     init_clocks();