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Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([103.171.172.220]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a92af1059eb24-139adcb7a94sm15044035c88.4.2026.06.23.14.00.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Linisha To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: alex.bennee@linaro.org, peter.maydell@linaro.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, mjt@tls.msk.ru, philmd@mailo.com, Linisha Subject: [PATCH] docs/system: clarify pflash0 and pflash1 are virt-only options Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:28:39 +0530 Message-ID: <20260623205839.1294-1-linisha232@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.0.windows.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::122a; envelope-from=linisha232@gmail.com; helo=mail-dl1-x122a.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -17 X-Spam_score: -1.8 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:15:13 -0400 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org The pflash0 and pflash1 machine options shown in the Aarch64 virt example are only available for virt machine types on Arm, RISC-V, and LoongArch architectures. Add a note to clarify this for users who may try these options on x86 machines and be confused when they are not available. Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/3254 Signed-off-by: Linisha --- docs/system/introduction.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/system/introduction.rst b/docs/system/introduction.rst index bec7291e47..0c400aefb6 100644 --- a/docs/system/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/system/introduction.rst @@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ virtualisation so we can use KVM inside the emulated guest. As the ``virt`` machine comes with some built in pflash devices we give them names so we can override the defaults later. +.. note:: + The ``pflash0`` and ``pflash1`` machine options are specific to the + ``virt`` machine type on Arm, RISC-V, and LoongArch architectures. + They are not available on x86 machines, which use ``-bios`` or + ``-pflash`` for firmware instead. + .. code:: $ qemu-system-aarch64 \ -- 2.47.0.windows.1