From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.90_1) id 1iFFuj-00034c-2x for mharc-qemu-trivial@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:01:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54075) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFFub-0002wr-Uo for qemu-trivial@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:01:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFFuZ-0005Nf-UO for qemu-trivial@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:01:45 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44784) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFFuE-0005Er-Jk; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 07:01:22 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51848309321D; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 11:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thuth.com (ovpn-116-70.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.70]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88A75D6D0; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 11:01:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Thomas Huth To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, =?UTF-8?q?Philippe=20Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= Cc: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, Alexander Graf , Laszlo Ersek , Gerd Hoffmann Subject: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:01:11 +0200 Message-Id: <20191001110111.4870-1-thuth@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.45]); Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:01:21 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 X-BeenThere: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:01:51 -0000 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 --- 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: -- 2.18.1