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Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:23:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from zen.linaroharston ([51.148.130.216]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r7sm3671116wre.25.2021.03.05.01.23.29 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 05 Mar 2021 01:23:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from zen.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zen.linaroharston (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209BD1FF8C; Fri, 5 Mar 2021 09:23:29 +0000 (GMT) From: =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Subject: [PATCH v1 2/9] docs/system: add a gentle prompt for the complexity to come Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 09:23:21 +0000 Message-Id: <20210305092328.31792-3-alex.bennee@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20210305092328.31792-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> References: <20210305092328.31792-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::333; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wm1-x333.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, 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-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: fam@euphon.net, Thomas Huth , berrange@redhat.com, John Snow , f4bug@amsat.org, stefanha@redhat.com, crosa@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= , aurelien@aurel32.net Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" We all know the QEMU command line can become a fiendishly complex beast. Lets gently prepare our user for the horrors to come by referencing where other example command lines can be found in the manual. Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Reviewed-by: John Snow Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth Message-Id: <20210301112741.31047-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> --- v2 - minor grammar tweaks suggested by Thomas and John --- docs/system/quickstart.rst | 8 ++++++++ docs/system/targets.rst | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst index 3a3acab5e7..681678c86e 100644 --- a/docs/system/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/system/quickstart.rst @@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g. |qemu_system| linux.img Linux should boot and give you a prompt. + +Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity +of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and assumes the +first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot +sector. For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine +types, the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the +machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines +in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual. diff --git a/docs/system/targets.rst b/docs/system/targets.rst index 560783644d..145cc64551 100644 --- a/docs/system/targets.rst +++ b/docs/system/targets.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _system-targets-ref: + QEMU System Emulator Targets ============================ -- 2.20.1