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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2019-07-30 17:08:26 +0200
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qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
In our documentation, we use a mix of "$QEMU", "qemu-system-i386" and "qemu-system-x86_64" when we give examples to the users how to run QEMU. Some more consistency would be good here. Also some distributions use different names for the QEMU binary (e.g. "qemu-kvm" in RHEL), so providing more flexibility here would also be good. Thus let's define some variables for the names of the QEMU command and use those in the documentation instead: @value{qemu_system} for generic examples, and @value{qemu_system_x86} for examples that only work with the x86 binaries. Message-Id: <20190828093447.12441-1-thuth@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
index c02547e..2c7ea49 100644
--- a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
+++ b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
QEMU block driver reference manual
@c man end
+@set qemu_system qemu-system-x86_64
+
@c man begin DESCRIPTION
@node disk_images_formats
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a
directory tree. In order to use it, just type:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory
@end example
Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory}
@@ -415,14 +417,14 @@ them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}.
Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory
@end example
A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the
@code{:rw:} option:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory
@end example
What you should @emph{never} do:
@@ -440,14 +442,14 @@ QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device
protocol.
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd://my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024/
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -hdb nbd://my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024/
@end example
If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead
of an inet socket:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
@end example
In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd:
@@ -464,23 +466,23 @@ qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2
@noindent
and then you can use it with two guests:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux1.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
-qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
+@value{qemu_system} linux1.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
+@value{qemu_system} linux2.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket
@end example
If the nbd-server uses named exports (supported since NBD 2.9.18, or with QEMU's
own embedded NBD server), you must specify an export name in the URI:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/debian-500-ppc-netinst
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
+@value{qemu_system} -cdrom nbd://localhost/debian-500-ppc-netinst
+@value{qemu_system} -cdrom nbd://localhost/openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst
@end example
The URI syntax for NBD is supported since QEMU 1.3. An alternative syntax is
also available. Here are some example of the older syntax:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
-qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
-qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd:localhost:10809:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024
+@value{qemu_system} linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket
+@value{qemu_system} -cdrom nbd:localhost:10809:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst
@end example
@node disk_images_sheepdog
@@ -505,7 +507,7 @@ qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:///@var{image}
You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:///@var{image}
+@value{qemu_system} sheepdog:///@var{image}
@end example
You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2.
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot.
To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the
snapshot.
@example
-qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:///@var{image}#@var{tag}
+@value{qemu_system} sheepdog:///@var{image}#@var{tag}
@end example
You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot.
@@ -530,14 +532,14 @@ is its tag name.
You can use an unix socket instead of an inet socket:
@example
-qemu-system-i386 sheepdog+unix:///@var{image}?socket=@var{path}
+@value{qemu_system} sheepdog+unix:///@var{image}?socket=@var{path}
@end example
If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to
specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to.
@example
qemu-img create sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image} @var{size}
-qemu-system-i386 sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image}
+@value{qemu_system} sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image}
@end example
@node disk_images_iscsi
@@ -627,7 +629,7 @@ cat >iscsi.conf <<EOF
header-digest = "CRC32C"
EOF
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
-readconfig iscsi.conf
@end example
@@ -646,7 +648,7 @@ tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 \
-b /IMAGES/cd.iso --device-type=cd
tgtadm --lld iscsi --op bind --mode target --tid 1 -I ALL
-qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator \
+@value{qemu_system} -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator \
-boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
-cdrom iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/2
@end example
@@ -659,11 +661,11 @@ GlusterFS is a user space distributed file system.
You can boot from the GlusterFS disk image with the command:
@example
URI:
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster[+@var{type}]://[@var{host}[:@var{port}]]/@var{volume}/@var{path}
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster[+@var{type}]://[@var{host}[:@var{port}]]/@var{volume}/@var{path}
[?socket=...][,file.debug=9][,file.logfile=...]
JSON:
-qemu-system-x86_64 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
+@value{qemu_system} 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
"file":@{"driver":"gluster",
"volume":"testvol","path":"a.img","debug":9,"logfile":"...",
"server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"...","port":"..."@},
@@ -711,22 +713,22 @@ qemu-img create gluster://@var{host}/@var{volume}/@var{path} @var{size}
Examples
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]/testvol/dir/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+tcp://server.domain.com:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+unix:///testvol/dir/a.img?socket=/tmp/glusterd.socket
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster+rdma://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/a.img
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img,file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
-qemu-system-x86_64 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+tcp://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]/testvol/dir/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+tcp://[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+tcp://server.domain.com:24007/testvol/dir/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+unix:///testvol/dir/a.img?socket=/tmp/glusterd.socket
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster+rdma://1.2.3.4:24007/testvol/a.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=gluster://1.2.3.4/testvol/a.img,file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
+@value{qemu_system} 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
"file":@{"driver":"gluster",
"volume":"testvol","path":"a.img",
"debug":9,"logfile":"/var/log/qemu-gluster.log",
"server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"1.2.3.4","port":24007@},
@{"type":"unix","socket":"/var/run/glusterd.socket"@}]@}@}'
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive driver=qcow2,file.driver=gluster,file.volume=testvol,file.path=/path/a.img,
+@value{qemu_system} -drive driver=qcow2,file.driver=gluster,file.volume=testvol,file.path=/path/a.img,
file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log,
file.server.0.type=tcp,file.server.0.host=1.2.3.4,file.server.0.port=24007,
file.server.1.type=unix,file.server.1.socket=/var/run/glusterd.socket
@@ -739,13 +741,13 @@ You can access disk images located on a remote ssh server
by using the ssh protocol:
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=ssh://[@var{user}@@]@var{server}[:@var{port}]/@var{path}[?host_key_check=@var{host_key_check}]
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=ssh://[@var{user}@@]@var{server}[:@var{port}]/@var{path}[?host_key_check=@var{host_key_check}]
@end example
Alternative syntax using properties:
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file.driver=ssh[,file.user=@var{user}],file.host=@var{server}[,file.port=@var{port}],file.path=@var{path}[,file.host_key_check=@var{host_key_check}]
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file.driver=ssh[,file.user=@var{user}],file.host=@var{server}[,file.port=@var{port}],file.path=@var{path}[,file.host_key_check=@var{host_key_check}]
@end example
@var{ssh} is the protocol.
@@ -808,13 +810,13 @@ driver. For example:
# echo 0000:06:0d.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/driver/unbind
# echo 1102 0002 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id
-# qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=nvme://@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func}/@var{namespace}
+# @value{qemu_system} -drive file=nvme://@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func}/@var{namespace}
@end example
Alternative syntax using properties:
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file.driver=nvme,file.device=@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func},file.namespace=@var{namespace}
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file.driver=nvme,file.device=@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func},file.namespace=@var{namespace}
@end example
@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func} is the NVMe controller's PCI device