qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

[PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

Posted by Thomas Huth 6 years, 1 month ago

The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
now, too.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
 @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
 @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
 
-When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
-@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
-Linux kernel.
-
 If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
 the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
 @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
-- 
2.18.1

Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

Posted by Daniel P. Berrangé 6 years, 1 month ago

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 01:01:11PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
> commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
> almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
> now, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


Regards,
Daniel
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Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

Posted by Laszlo Ersek 6 years, 1 month ago

On 10/01/19 13:01, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
> commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
> almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
> now, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
>  @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
>  @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
>  
> -When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
> -@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
> -Linux kernel.
> -
>  If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
>  the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
>  @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
> 

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>

Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

Posted by Laurent Vivier 6 years ago

Le 01/10/2019 à 13:01, Thomas Huth a écrit :
> The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
> commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
> almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
> now, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
>  @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
>  @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
>  
> -When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
> -@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
> -Linux kernel.
> -
>  If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
>  the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
>  @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
> 

Applied to my trivial-patches branch.

Thanks,
Laurent

Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel

Posted by Stefano Garzarella 6 years, 1 month ago

On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 01:01:11PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in
> commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"),
> almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation
> now, too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)


Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>

Thanks,
Stefano

> 
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
>  @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
>  @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
>  
> -When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk
> -@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the
> -Linux kernel.
> -
>  If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect
>  the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the
>  @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is:
> -- 
> 2.18.1
> 
> 

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