* [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel
@ 2019-10-01 11:01 Thomas Huth
2019-10-01 11:11 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
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From: Thomas Huth @ 2019-10-01 11:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Cc: qemu-trivial, Alexander Graf, Laszlo Ersek, Gerd Hoffmann
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
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* Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel
2019-10-01 11:01 [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel Thomas Huth
@ 2019-10-01 11:11 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-10-01 12:04 ` Stefano Garzarella
` (2 subsequent siblings)
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From: Daniel P. Berrangé @ 2019-10-01 11:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth
Cc: qemu-trivial, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé,
qemu-devel, Alexander Graf, Gerd Hoffmann, Laszlo Ersek
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
2019-10-01 11:01 [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel Thomas Huth
2019-10-01 11:11 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
@ 2019-10-01 12:04 ` Stefano Garzarella
2019-10-01 18:56 ` Laszlo Ersek
2019-10-21 16:04 ` Laurent Vivier
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Stefano Garzarella @ 2019-10-01 12:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth
Cc: qemu-trivial, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé,
qemu-devel, Alexander Graf, Gerd Hoffmann, Laszlo Ersek
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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* Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel
2019-10-01 11:01 [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel Thomas Huth
2019-10-01 11:11 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2019-10-01 12:04 ` Stefano Garzarella
@ 2019-10-01 18:56 ` Laszlo Ersek
2019-10-21 16:04 ` Laurent Vivier
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Laszlo Ersek @ 2019-10-01 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth, qemu-devel, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Cc: qemu-trivial, Alexander Graf, Gerd Hoffmann
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>
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* Re: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel
2019-10-01 11:01 [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel Thomas Huth
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2019-10-01 18:56 ` Laszlo Ersek
@ 2019-10-21 16:04 ` Laurent Vivier
3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Laurent Vivier @ 2019-10-21 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thomas Huth, qemu-devel, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
Cc: qemu-trivial, Alexander Graf, Laszlo Ersek, Gerd Hoffmann
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
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