[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-options: Improve help texts for options which depend on configure

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-options: Improve help texts for options which depend on configure

[Stefan Weil]

* Replace "available only" by the more common "only available".

* Tracing options depend on the configuration of the QEMU executable,
  so clarify the help text for both options.

Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
---
 qemu-options.hx |   10 +++++-----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 659ecb2..552d41c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
 Connect VLAN @var{n} to PORT @var{n} of a vde switch running on host and
 listening for incoming connections on @var{socketpath}. Use GROUP @var{groupname}
 and MODE @var{octalmode} to change default ownership and permissions for
-communication port. This option is available only if QEMU has been compiled
+communication port. This option is only available if QEMU has been compiled
 with vde support enabled.
 
 Example:
@@ -2453,13 +2453,13 @@ Specify tracing options.
 Immediately enable events listed in @var{file}.
 The file must contain one event name (as listed in the @var{trace-events} file)
 per line.
-
-This option is only available when using the @var{simple} and @var{stderr}
-tracing backends.
+This option is only available if QEMU has been compiled with
+either @var{simple} or @var{stderr} tracing backend.
 @item file=@var{file}
 Log output traces to @var{file}.
 
-This option is only available when using the @var{simple} tracing backend.
+This option is only available if QEMU has been compiled with
+the @var{simple} tracing backend.
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
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1.7.2.5

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-options: Improve help texts for options which depend on configure

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 06:13:03PM +0200, Stefan Weil wrote:
> * Replace "available only" by the more common "only available".
> 
> * Tracing options depend on the configuration of the QEMU executable,
>   so clarify the help text for both options.
> 
> Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de>
> ---
>  qemu-options.hx |   10 +++++-----
>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks, applied to the trivial patches -next tree:
http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/stefanha.git/shortlog/refs/heads/trivial-patches-next

Stefan