From bcd8e243083c878884e52d609deddbe6be17c730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Huth Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:29:48 +0200 Subject: qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The current description says that these options will create a device on the IDE bus, which is only true on x86. So rephrase these sentences a little bit to speak of "default bus" instead. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev --- qemu-options.hx | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 463f520..56efe3d 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1209,10 +1209,10 @@ SRST ERST DEF("hda", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hda, - "-hda/-hdb file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + "-hda/-hdb file use 'file' as hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) DEF("hdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdb, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) DEF("hdc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdc, - "-hdc/-hdd file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) + "-hdc/-hdd file use 'file' as hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) DEF("hdd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdd, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-hda file`` @@ -1222,18 +1222,22 @@ SRST ``-hdc file`` \ ``-hdd file`` - Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (see the :ref:`disk images` - chapter in the System Emulation Users Guide). + Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image on the default bus of the + emulated machine (this is for example the IDE bus on most x86 machines, + but it can also be SCSI, virtio or something else on other target + architectures). See also the :ref:`disk images` chapter in the System + Emulation Users Guide. ERST DEF("cdrom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cdrom, - "-cdrom file use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)\n", + "-cdrom file use 'file' as CD-ROM image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) SRST ``-cdrom file`` - Use file as CD-ROM image (you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom`` at - the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom`` - as filename. + Use file as CD-ROM image on the default bus of the emulated machine + (which is IDE1 master on x86, so you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom`` + at the same time there). On systems that support it, you can use the + host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom`` as filename. ERST DEF("blockdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_blockdev, -- cgit v1.1