Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 10/01/19 13:01, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
> commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
> almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
> now, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image 
> and
>  @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
>  @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
>  
> -When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
> -@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
> -Linux kernel.
> -
>  If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
>  the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
>  @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
> 

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>