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[PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdro
From: |
Thomas Huth |
Subject: |
[PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:29:48 +0200 |
The current description says that these options will create a device
on the IDE bus, which is only true on x86. So rephrase these sentences
a little bit to speak of "default bus" instead.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
qemu-options.hx | 20 ++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 29b98c3d4c..a7ce5f0f7a 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1209,10 +1209,10 @@ SRST
ERST
DEF("hda", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hda,
- "-hda/-hdb file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ "-hda/-hdb file use 'file' as hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("hdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdb, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("hdc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdc,
- "-hdc/-hdd file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ "-hdc/-hdd file use 'file' as hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("hdd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdd, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
``-hda file``
@@ -1222,18 +1222,22 @@ SRST
``-hdc file``
\
``-hdd file``
- Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (see the :ref:`disk images`
- chapter in the System Emulation Users Guide).
+ Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image on the default bus of the
+ emulated machine (this is for example the IDE bus on most x86 machines,
+ but it can also be SCSI, virtio or something else on other target
+ architectures). See al the :ref:`disk images` chapter in the System
+ Emulation Users Guide.
ERST
DEF("cdrom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cdrom,
- "-cdrom file use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)\n",
+ "-cdrom file use 'file' as CD-ROM image\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
``-cdrom file``
- Use file as CD-ROM image (you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom`` at
- the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom``
- as filename.
+ Use file as CD-ROM image on the default bus of the emulated machine
+ (which is IDE1 master on x86, so you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom``
+ at the same time there). On systems that support it, you can use the
+ host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom`` as filename.
ERST
DEF("blockdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_blockdev,
--
2.39.3
- [PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options,
Thomas Huth <=