Re: [PATCH] qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options

[Alex Bennée]

Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> writes:

> 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

See also?

> +    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,

Otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

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Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro