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From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, rene@exactcode.de
Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Add documentation for Multiboot
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:55:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1246200955-22312-6-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246200955-22312-5-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de>

The documentation shows how to use -kernel and friends for booting Linux,
but obviously knows nothing about multiboot yet.

Let's include some documentation for multiboot, so people know how to fully
exploit this cool new feature.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
---
 qemu-options.hx |   17 +++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 503da33..3b6f885 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1068,10 +1068,11 @@ ETEXI
 
 DEFHEADING()
 
-DEFHEADING(Linux boot specific:)
+DEFHEADING(Linux/Multiboot boot specific:)
 STEXI
-When using these options, you can use a given
-Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
+
+When using these options, you can use a given Linux or Multiboot
+kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
 for easier testing of various kernels.
 
 @table @option
@@ -1081,7 +1082,8 @@ DEF("kernel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_kernel, \
     "-kernel bzImage use 'bzImage' as kernel image\n")
 STEXI
 @item -kernel @var{bzImage}
-Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
+Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image. The kernel can be either a Linux kernel
+or in multiboot format.
 ETEXI
 
 DEF("append", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_append, \
@@ -1096,6 +1098,13 @@ DEF("initrd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_initrd, \
 STEXI
 @item -initrd @var{file}
 Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
+
+@item -initrd "@var{file1} arg=foo,@var{file2}"
+
+This syntax is only available with multiboot.
+
+Use @var{file1} and @var{file2} as modules and pass arg=foo as parameter to the
+first module.
 ETEXI
 
 STEXI
-- 
1.6.0.2

  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-28 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-28 14:55 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Add multiboot support (x86) v4 Alexander Graf
2009-06-28 14:55 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Change bochs bios init order Alexander Graf
2009-06-28 14:55   ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Expose fw_cfg v2 Alexander Graf
2009-06-28 14:55     ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Multiboot support v4 Alexander Graf
2009-06-28 14:55       ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] Multiboot build system v4 Alexander Graf
2009-06-28 14:55         ` Alexander Graf [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-06-29 13:37 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] Add multiboot support (x86) v5 Alexander Graf
2009-06-29 13:37 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Change bochs bios init order Alexander Graf
2009-06-29 13:37   ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Expose fw_cfg v2 Alexander Graf
2009-06-29 13:37     ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/5] Multiboot support v5 Alexander Graf
2009-06-29 13:37       ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] Multiboot build system v4 Alexander Graf
2009-06-29 13:37         ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/5] Add documentation for Multiboot Alexander Graf

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