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docs: drvqemu: Fix and improve docs about device override types

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The 'number' override type didn't exist in the final version so change
it to the corresponding 'signed' and 'unsigned'.

Additionally clarify which override type is used for a corresponding
qemu type and also that we use base 10 numbers so users will need to
convert the numbers if needed.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
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@ -688,10 +688,36 @@ The individual properties are overridden by a ``<qemu:property>`` element. The
``name`` specifies the name of the property to override. In case when libvirt
doesn't configure the property a property with the name is added to the
commandline. The ``type`` attribute specifies a type of the argument used. The
type must correspond with the type that is expected by QEMU. Supported values
for the type attribute are: ``string``, ``number``, ``bool`` (allowed values for
``bool`` are ``true`` and ``false``) and ``remove``. The ``remove`` type is
special and instructs libvirt to remove the property without replacement.
type must correspond semantically (e.g use a numeric type when qemu expects a
number) with the type that is expected by QEMU. Supported values for the ``type``
attribute are:
``string``
Used to override ``qemu`` properties of ``str`` type as well as any
enumeration type (e.g. ``OnOffAuto`` in which case the value can be one of
``on``, ``off``, or ``auto``).
``unsigned``
Used to override numeric properties with an non-negative value. Note that
this can be used to also override signed values in qemu.
Used for any numeric type of a ``qemu`` property such as ``uint32``,
``int32``, ``size``, etc.
The value is interpreted as a base 10 number, make sure to convert numbers
if needed.
``signed``
Same semantics as ``unsigned`` above but used when a negative value is
needed.
``bool``
Used to override ``qemu`` properties of ``bool`` type. Allowed values for
are ``true`` and ``false``.
``remove``.
The ``remove`` type is special and instructs libvirt to remove the property
without replacement.
The overrides are applied only to initial device configuration passed to QEMU
via the commandline. Later hotplug operations will not apply any modifications.