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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
@ 2019-08-28  9:34 Thomas Huth
  2019-08-28 19:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " John Snow
                   ` (2 more replies)
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From: Thomas Huth @ 2019-08-28  9:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: qemu-trivial, mrezanin, Eduardo Habkost, qemu-block, Richard Henderson

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.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi |  72 ++++++++++----------
 docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi    |  10 +--
 qemu-doc.texi                |  81 +++++++++++-----------
 qemu-options.hx              | 128 +++++++++++++++++------------------
 4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
index c02547e28c..2c7ea49c32 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
diff --git a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
index ad040cfc98..f88a1def0d 100644
--- a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
+++ b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 QEMU / KVM CPU model configuration
 @c man end
 
+@set qemu_system_x86 qemu-system-x86_64
+
 @c man begin DESCRIPTION
 
 @menu
@@ -578,25 +580,25 @@ CPU models / features in QEMU and libvirt
 @item Host passthrough
 
 @example
-   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host
+   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host
 @end example
 
 With feature customization:
 
 @example
-   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host,-vmx,...
+   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host,-vmx,...
 @end example
 
 @item Named CPU models
 
 @example
-   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu Westmere
+   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere
 @end example
 
 With feature customization:
 
 @example
-   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
+   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
 @end example
 
 @end table
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 577d1e8376..b2654c76a0 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 @paragraphindent 0
 @c %**end of header
 
+@set qemu_system qemu-system-x86_64
+@set qemu_system_x86 qemu-system-x86_64
+
 @ifinfo
 @direntry
 * QEMU: (qemu-doc).    The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
@@ -207,12 +210,12 @@ Note that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so
 QEMU must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS.
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
+@value{qemu_system_x86} dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
 @end example
 
 Alternatively:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 dos.img -device gus,irq=5
+@value{qemu_system_x86} dos.img -device gus,irq=5
 @end example
 
 Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
@@ -225,10 +228,11 @@ CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
 @section Quick Start
 @cindex quick start
 
-Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
+Download and uncompress a hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g.
+@file{linux.img}) and type:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img
 @end example
 
 Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
 
 @example
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS
-@command{qemu-system-i386} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
+@command{@value{qemu_system}} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
 @c man end
 @end example
 
@@ -278,21 +282,21 @@ is specified in seconds. The default is 0 which means no timeout. Libiscsi
 
 Example (without authentication):
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator \
+@value{qemu_system} -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator \
                  -cdrom iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/2 \
                  -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
 @end example
 
 Example (CHAP username/password via URL):
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
 @end example
 
 Example (CHAP username/password via environment variables):
 @example
 LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME="user" \
 LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD="password" \
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
 @end example
 
 @item NBD
@@ -307,12 +311,12 @@ Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets
 
 Example for TCP
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
+@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
 @end example
 
 Example for Unix Domain Sockets
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
+@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
 @end example
 
 @item SSH
@@ -320,8 +324,8 @@ QEMU supports SSH (Secure Shell) access to remote disks.
 
 Examples:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img
 @end example
 
 Currently authentication must be done using ssh-agent.  Other
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ sheepdog[+tcp|+unix]://[host:port]/vdiname[?socket=path][#snapid|#tag]
 
 Example
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
+@value{qemu_system} --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
 @end example
 
 See also @url{https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/}.
@@ -365,17 +369,17 @@ JSON:
 Example
 @example
 URI:
-qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
+@value{qemu_system} --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
 @                               file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
 
 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":"/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
@@ -440,9 +444,9 @@ of <protocol>.
 
 Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 live ISO image
 @example
-qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
+@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
+@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
 @end example
 
 Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 cloud image using a local overlay for
@@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ writes, copy-on-read, and a readahead of 64k
 @example
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"http",, "file.url":"https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Images/x86_64/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2",, "file.readahead":"64k"@}' /tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on
 @end example
 
 Example: boot from an image stored on a VMware vSphere server with a self-signed
@@ -459,7 +463,7 @@ of 10 seconds.
 @example
 qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"https",, "file.url":"https://user:password@@vsphere.example.com/folder/test/test-flat.vmdk?dcPath=Datacenter&dsName=datastore1",, "file.sslverify":"off",, "file.readahead":"64k",, "file.timeout":10@}' /tmp/test.qcow2
 
-qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2
 @end example
 
 @end table
@@ -826,7 +830,7 @@ On Linux hosts, a shared memory device is available.  The basic syntax
 is:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
 @end example
 
 where @var{hostmem} names a host memory backend.  For a POSIX shared
@@ -847,7 +851,7 @@ memory server is:
 ivshmem-server -p @var{pidfile} -S @var{path} -m @var{shm-name} -l @var{shm-size} -n @var{vectors}
 
 # Then start your qemu instances with matching arguments
-qemu-system-x86_64 -device ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -device ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
                  -chardev socket,path=@var{path},id=@var{id}
 @end example
 
@@ -872,7 +876,7 @@ Instead of specifying the <shm size> using POSIX shm, you may specify
 a memory backend that has hugepage support:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
                  -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=mb1
 @end example
 
@@ -888,7 +892,7 @@ kernel testing.
 
 The syntax is:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
+@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
 @end example
 
 Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
@@ -903,7 +907,7 @@ 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:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
+@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img \
                  -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
 @end example
 
@@ -969,7 +973,7 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.  @var{id}
 specifies a netdev defined with @code{-netdev @dots{},id=@var{id}}.
 For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
+@value{qemu_system} [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
 @end example
 @item usb-ccid
 Smartcard reader device
@@ -988,7 +992,7 @@ no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}.
 This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI.  Example
 usage:
 @example
-@command{qemu-system-i386} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice} bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3
+@command{@value{qemu_system}} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice} bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3
 @end example
 @end table
 
@@ -1065,7 +1069,7 @@ For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain
 socket only. For example
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
 @end example
 
 This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
@@ -1088,7 +1092,7 @@ is running the password is set with the monitor. Until the monitor is used to
 set the password all clients will be rejected.
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
 (qemu) change vnc password
 Password: ********
 (qemu)
@@ -1105,7 +1109,7 @@ support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any
 client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
   -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=no \
   -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
 @end example
@@ -1127,7 +1131,7 @@ same syntax as previously, but with @code{verify-peer} set to @code{yes}
 instead.
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
   -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
   -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
 @end example
@@ -1140,7 +1144,7 @@ Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication
 to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
   -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
   -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,password -monitor stdio
 (qemu) change vnc password
@@ -1165,7 +1169,7 @@ used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF,
 then QEMU can be launched with:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
 @end example
 
 @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
@@ -1179,7 +1183,7 @@ credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option
 with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
   -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes \
   -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,sasl -monitor stdio
 @end example
@@ -1512,13 +1516,13 @@ To load server credentials with client certificate validation
 enabled
 
 @example
-$QEMU -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server
+@value{qemu_system} -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server
 @end example
 
 while to load client credentials use
 
 @example
-$QEMU -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=client
+@value{qemu_system} -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=client
 @end example
 
 Network services which support TLS will all have a @code{tls-creds}
@@ -1526,7 +1530,7 @@ parameter which expects the ID of the TLS credentials object. For
 example with VNC:
 
 @example
-$QEMU -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,tls-creds=tls0
+@value{qemu_system} -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,tls-creds=tls0
 @end example
 
 @node tls_psk
@@ -1574,8 +1578,7 @@ QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
 In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
 gdb connection:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
-                    -append "root=/dev/hda"
+@value{qemu_system} -s -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
 Connected to host network interface: tun0
 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
 @end example
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index ea0638e92d..09e6439646 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ This option defines a free-form string that can be used to describe @var{fd}.
 
 You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386
--add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file"
--add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file"
--drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} \
+ -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" \
+ -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" \
+ -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
 @end example
 ETEXI
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ STEXI
 Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -global ide-hd.physical_block_size=4096 disk-image.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -global ide-hd.physical_block_size=4096 disk-image.img
 @end example
 
 In particular, you can use this to set driver properties for devices which are
@@ -337,11 +337,11 @@ bootindex options. The default is non-strict boot.
 
 @example
 # try to boot from network first, then from hard disk
-qemu-system-i386 -boot order=nc
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot order=nc
 # boot from CD-ROM first, switch back to default order after reboot
-qemu-system-i386 -boot once=d
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot once=d
 # boot with a splash picture for 5 seconds.
-qemu-system-i386 -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000
 @end example
 
 Note: The legacy format '-boot @var{drives}' is still supported but its
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ For example, the following command-line sets the guest startup RAM size to
 memory the guest can reach to 4GB:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G
+@value{qemu_system} -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G
 @end example
 
 If @var{slots} and @var{maxmem} are not specified, memory hotplug won't
@@ -666,15 +666,15 @@ STEXI
 @item -soundhw @var{card1}[,@var{card2},...] or -soundhw all
 @findex -soundhw
 Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use 'help' to print all
-available sound hardware.
+available sound hardware. For example:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw es1370 disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw ac97 disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw hda disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw all disk.img
-qemu-system-i386 -soundhw help
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw es1370 disk.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw ac97 disk.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw hda disk.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw all disk.img
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw help
 @end example
 
 Note that Linux's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might
@@ -1149,50 +1149,50 @@ is off.
 
 Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
 @end example
 
 Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you can
 use:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
 @end example
 
 You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386
--add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file"
--add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file"
--drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
+@value{qemu_system} \
+ -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" \
+ -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" \
+ -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
 @end example
 
 You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
 @end example
 
 If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
 @end example
 
 Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
 @end example
 
 By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
 incremented:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=a -drive file=b"
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=a -drive file=b"
 @end example
 is interpreted like:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -hda a -hdb b
+@value{qemu_system_x86} -hda a -hdb b
 @end example
 ETEXI
 
@@ -2272,8 +2272,8 @@ The following two example do exactly the same, to show how @option{-nic} can
 be used to shorten the command line length (note that the e1000 is the default
 on i386, so the @option{model=e1000} parameter could even be omitted here, too):
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -netdev user,id=n1,ipv6=off -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
-qemu-system-i386 -nic user,ipv6=off,model=e1000,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
+@value{qemu_system} -netdev user,id=n1,ipv6=off -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
+@value{qemu_system} -nic user,ipv6=off,model=e1000,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
 @end example
 
 @item -nic none
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ can not be resolved.
 
 Example:
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -nic user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org
+@value{qemu_system} -nic user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org
 @end example
 
 @item domainname=@var{domain}
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ a guest from a local directory.
 
 Example (using pxelinux):
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 -hda linux.img -boot n -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
+@value{qemu_system} -hda linux.img -boot n -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
     -netdev user,id=n1,tftp=/path/to/tftp/files,bootfile=/pxelinux.0
 @end example
 
@@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ screen 0, use the following:
 
 @example
 # on the host
-qemu-system-i386 -nic user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000
+@value{qemu_system} -nic user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000
 # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
 xterm -display :1
 @end example
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ the guest, use the following:
 
 @example
 # on the host
-qemu-system-i386 -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23
+@value{qemu_system} -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23
 telnet localhost 5555
 @end example
 
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ lifetime, like in the following example:
 @example
 # open 10.10.1.1:4321 on bootup, connect 10.0.2.100:1234 to it whenever
 # the guest accesses it
-qemu-system-i386 -nic user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321
+@value{qemu_system} -nic user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321
 @end example
 
 Or you can execute a command on every TCP connection established by the guest,
@@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ so that QEMU behaves similar to an inetd process for that virtual server:
 @example
 # call "netcat 10.10.1.1 4321" on every TCP connection to 10.0.2.100:1234
 # and connect the TCP stream to its stdin/stdout
-qemu-system-i386 -nic  'user,id=n1,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321'
+@value{qemu_system} -nic  'user,id=n1,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321'
 @end example
 
 @end table
@@ -2467,13 +2467,13 @@ Examples:
 
 @example
 #launch a QEMU instance with the default network script
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -nic tap
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -nic tap
 @end example
 
 @example
 #launch a QEMU instance with two NICs, each one connected
 #to a TAP device
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
         -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0 -device e1000,netdev=nd0 \
         -netdev tap,id=nd1,ifname=tap1 -device rtl8139,netdev=nd1
 @end example
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
 @example
 #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
 #connect a TAP device to bridge br0
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 \
         -netdev tap,id=n1,"helper=/path/to/qemu-bridge-helper"
 @end example
 
@@ -2498,13 +2498,13 @@ Examples:
 @example
 #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
 #connect a TAP device to bridge br0
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -netdev bridge,id=n1 -device virtio-net,netdev=n1
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -netdev bridge,id=n1 -device virtio-net,netdev=n1
 @end example
 
 @example
 #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
 #connect a TAP device to bridge qemubr0
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -netdev bridge,br=qemubr0,id=n1 -device virtio-net,netdev=n1
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -netdev bridge,br=qemubr0,id=n1 -device virtio-net,netdev=n1
 @end example
 
 @item -netdev socket,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}]
@@ -2519,11 +2519,11 @@ specifies an already opened TCP socket.
 Example:
 @example
 # launch a first QEMU instance
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n1,listen=:1234
 # connect the network of this instance to the network of the first instance
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n2,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n2,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
 @end example
@@ -2548,15 +2548,15 @@ Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
 Example:
 @example
 # launch one QEMU instance
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
 # launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n2,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n2,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
 # launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n3,mac=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n3,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
 @end example
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
 Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
 @example
 # launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected is UML's default)
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
 # launch UML
@@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
 
 Example (send packets from host's 1.2.3.4):
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
                  -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
                  -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4
 @end example
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ brctl addif br-lan vmtunnel0
 # on 4.3.2.1
 # launch QEMU instance - if your network has reorder or is very lossy add ,pincounter
 
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
     -netdev l2tpv3,id=n1,src=4.2.3.1,dst=1.2.3.4,udp,srcport=16384,dstport=16384,rxsession=0xffffffff,txsession=0xffffffff,counter
 
 @end example
@@ -2650,7 +2650,7 @@ Example:
 # launch vde switch
 vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch
 # launch QEMU instance
-qemu-system-i386 linux.img -nic vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
+@value{qemu_system} linux.img -nic vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
 @end example
 
 @item -netdev vhost-user,chardev=@var{id}[,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ and communicate.  Requires the Linux @code{vhci} driver installed.  Can
 be used as following:
 
 @example
-qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
+@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
 @end example
 
 @item -bt device:@var{dev}[,vlan=@var{n}]
@@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@ connections will likely be TCP-based, but also UDP, pseudo TTY, or even
 stdio are reasonable use case. The latter is allowing to start QEMU from
 within gdb and establish the connection via a pipe:
 @example
-(gdb) target remote | exec qemu-system-i386 -gdb stdio ...
+(gdb) target remote | exec @value{qemu_system} -gdb stdio ...
 @end example
 ETEXI
 
@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@ which specify the queue number of cryptodev backend, the default of
 
 @example
 
- # qemu-system-x86_64 \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
    [...] \
        -object cryptodev-backend-builtin,id=cryptodev0 \
        -device virtio-crypto-pci,id=crypto0,cryptodev=cryptodev0 \
@@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@ of cryptodev backend for multiqueue vhost-user, the default of @var{queues} is 1
 
 @example
 
- # qemu-system-x86_64 \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
    [...] \
        -chardev socket,id=chardev0,path=/path/to/socket \
        -object cryptodev-vhost-user,id=cryptodev0,chardev=chardev0 \
@@ -4627,14 +4627,14 @@ The simplest (insecure) usage is to provide the secret inline
 
 @example
 
- # $QEMU -object secret,id=sec0,data=letmein,format=raw
+ # @value{qemu_system} -object secret,id=sec0,data=letmein,format=raw
 
 @end example
 
 The simplest secure usage is to provide the secret via a file
 
  # printf "letmein" > mypasswd.txt
- # $QEMU -object secret,id=sec0,file=mypasswd.txt,format=raw
+ # @value{qemu_system} -object secret,id=sec0,file=mypasswd.txt,format=raw
 
 For greater security, AES-256-CBC should be used. To illustrate usage,
 consider the openssl command line tool which can encrypt the data. Note
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ and specify that to be used to decrypt the user password. Pass the
 contents of @code{iv.b64} to the second secret
 
 @example
- # $QEMU \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
      -object secret,id=secmaster0,format=base64,file=key.b64 \
      -object secret,id=sec0,keyid=secmaster0,format=base64,\
          data=$SECRET,iv=$(<iv.b64)
@@ -4713,7 +4713,7 @@ negotiate keys used for attestation. The file must be encoded in base64.
 
 e.g to launch a SEV guest
 @example
- # $QEMU \
+ # @value{qemu_system_x86} \
      ......
      -object sev-guest,id=sev0,cbitpos=47,reduced-phys-bits=5 \
      -machine ...,memory-encryption=sev0
@@ -4735,7 +4735,7 @@ any commas in the distinguished name.
 An example authorization object to validate a x509 distinguished name
 would look like:
 @example
- # $QEMU \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
      ...
      -object 'authz-simple,id=auth0,identity=CN=laptop.example.com,,O=Example Org,,L=London,,ST=London,,C=GB' \
      ...
@@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ a TLS x509 distinguished name, or a SASL username.
 An example authorization object to validate a SASL username
 would look like:
 @example
- # $QEMU \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
      ...
      -object authz-simple,id=auth0,filename=/etc/qemu/vnc-sasl.acl,refresh=yes
      ...
@@ -4802,7 +4802,7 @@ An example authorization object to validate a TLS x509 distinguished
 name would look like:
 
 @example
- # $QEMU \
+ # @value{qemu_system} \
      ...
      -object authz-pam,id=auth0,service=qemu-vnc
      ...
-- 
2.18.1



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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2019-08-28  9:34 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary Thomas Huth
@ 2019-08-28 19:18 ` John Snow
  2019-08-29  5:41   ` Thomas Huth
  2019-08-30  8:03 ` [Qemu-devel] " Miroslav Rezanina
  2020-01-14 14:34 ` Peter Maydell
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: John Snow @ 2019-08-28 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Huth, qemu-devel, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: qemu-trivial, mrezanin, Eduardo Habkost, qemu-block, Richard Henderson



On 8/28/19 5:34 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Makes sense to me, but do we want a definitions.texi or similar that can
be used globally (and is easy to find and edit by e.g. distro
packagers), or is it better to re-define them per-each file as you've done?

--js


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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2019-08-28 19:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " John Snow
@ 2019-08-29  5:41   ` Thomas Huth
  2019-08-29 17:29     ` John Snow
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Huth @ 2019-08-29  5:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: John Snow, qemu-devel, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: qemu-trivial, mrezanin, Eduardo Habkost, qemu-block, Richard Henderson

On 28/08/2019 21.18, John Snow wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/28/19 5:34 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> 
> Makes sense to me, but do we want a definitions.texi or similar that can
> be used globally (and is easy to find and edit by e.g. distro
> packagers), or is it better to re-define them per-each file as you've done?

Hmm, as long as it's just one or two variables, it seems a little bit
excessive to me, but if we'd have more config knobs, that would
certainly be the right way to go ... but currently we do not have any
more variables, do we?

 Thomas


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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2019-08-29  5:41   ` Thomas Huth
@ 2019-08-29 17:29     ` John Snow
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: John Snow @ 2019-08-29 17:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Huth, qemu-devel, Paolo Bonzini
  Cc: Peter Maydell, Eduardo Habkost, qemu-block, qemu-trivial,
	mrezanin, Richard Henderson



On 8/29/19 1:41 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 28/08/2019 21.18, John Snow wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/28/19 5:34 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>>
>> Makes sense to me, but do we want a definitions.texi or similar that can
>> be used globally (and is easy to find and edit by e.g. distro
>> packagers), or is it better to re-define them per-each file as you've done?
> 
> Hmm, as long as it's just one or two variables, it seems a little bit
> excessive to me, but if we'd have more config knobs, that would
> certainly be the right way to go ... but currently we do not have any
> more variables, do we?
> 

Not that I'm aware of. We might find more as we embark on the
ReSTification of our docs.

I only bring it up because it might not be clear in which documents and
in how many places this definition needs to be changed by a package
maintainer; if our end goal is one big unified manual then I think we
need a central configuration for it, too. Maybe that only shows up for
the Sphinx manual.

(Maybe a yaml file that conf.py can consume and uses to generate ReST
definitions that can be used throughout the rest of the docs would be an
appropriate thing to do.)

I won't insist, because creating new infrastructure for texi docs seems
lateral. Your patch doesn't make anything I'm pointing out worse than it
already was, though, so:

Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>

--js


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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2019-08-28  9:34 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary Thomas Huth
  2019-08-28 19:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " John Snow
@ 2019-08-30  8:03 ` Miroslav Rezanina
  2020-01-14 14:34 ` Peter Maydell
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Miroslav Rezanina @ 2019-08-30  8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Huth
  Cc: Eduardo Habkost, qemu-block, qemu-trivial, qemu-devel,
	Paolo Bonzini, Richard Henderson

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Huth" <thuth@redhat.com>
> To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: mrezanin@redhat.com, qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, "Richard Henderson" <rth@twiddle.net>, "Eduardo Habkost"
> <ehabkost@redhat.com>, qemu-block@nongnu.org
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 11:34:47 AM
> Subject: [PATCH] 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi |  72 ++++++++++----------
>  docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi    |  10 +--
>  qemu-doc.texi                |  81 +++++++++++-----------
>  qemu-options.hx              | 128 +++++++++++++++++------------------
>  4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
> index c02547e28c..2c7ea49c32 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
> diff --git a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
> index ad040cfc98..f88a1def0d 100644
> --- a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
> +++ b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
> @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
>  QEMU / KVM CPU model configuration
>  @c man end
>  
> +@set qemu_system_x86 qemu-system-x86_64
> +
>  @c man begin DESCRIPTION
>  
>  @menu
> @@ -578,25 +580,25 @@ CPU models / features in QEMU and libvirt
>  @item Host passthrough
>  
>  @example
> -   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host
> +   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host
>  @end example
>  
>  With feature customization:
>  
>  @example
> -   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host,-vmx,...
> +   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host,-vmx,...
>  @end example
>  
>  @item Named CPU models
>  
>  @example
> -   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu Westmere
> +   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere
>  @end example
>  
>  With feature customization:
>  
>  @example
> -   $ qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
> +   $ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
>  @end example
>  
>  @end table
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 577d1e8376..b2654c76a0 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
>  @paragraphindent 0
>  @c %**end of header
>  
> +@set qemu_system qemu-system-x86_64
> +@set qemu_system_x86 qemu-system-x86_64
> +
>  @ifinfo
>  @direntry
>  * QEMU: (qemu-doc).    The QEMU Emulator User Documentation.
> @@ -207,12 +210,12 @@ Note that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel
> ports and so
>  QEMU must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS.
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none
>  @end example
>  
>  Alternatively:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 dos.img -device gus,irq=5
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} dos.img -device gus,irq=5
>  @end example
>  
>  Or some other unclaimed IRQ.
> @@ -225,10 +228,11 @@ CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and
> GUSMAX products
>  @section Quick Start
>  @cindex quick start
>  
> -Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type:
> +Download and uncompress a hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g.
> +@file{linux.img}) and type:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img
>  @end example
>  
>  Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
> @@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
>  
>  @example
>  @c man begin SYNOPSIS
> -@command{qemu-system-i386} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
> +@command{@value{qemu_system}} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
>  @c man end
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -278,21 +282,21 @@ is specified in seconds. The default is 0 which means
> no timeout. Libiscsi
>  
>  Example (without authentication):
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator
> \
> +@value{qemu_system} -iscsi
> initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator \
>                   -cdrom iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/2 \
>                   -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
>  @end example
>  
>  Example (CHAP username/password via URL):
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive
> file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive
> file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
>  @end example
>  
>  Example (CHAP username/password via environment variables):
>  @example
>  LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME="user" \
>  LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD="password" \
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
>  @end example
>  
>  @item NBD
> @@ -307,12 +311,12 @@ Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain
> Sockets
>  
>  Example for TCP
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
> +@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
>  @end example
>  
>  Example for Unix Domain Sockets
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
> +@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
>  @end example
>  
>  @item SSH
> @@ -320,8 +324,8 @@ QEMU supports SSH (Secure Shell) access to remote disks.
>  
>  Examples:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive
> file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive
> file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img
>  @end example
>  
>  Currently authentication must be done using ssh-agent.  Other
> @@ -339,7 +343,7 @@
> sheepdog[+tcp|+unix]://[host:port]/vdiname[?socket=path][#snapid|#tag]
>  
>  Example
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
> +@value{qemu_system} --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
>  @end example
>  
>  See also @url{https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/}.
> @@ -365,17 +369,17 @@ JSON:
>  Example
>  @example
>  URI:
> -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
> +@value{qemu_system} --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
>  @
>  file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
>  
>  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":"/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
> @@ -440,9 +444,9 @@ of <protocol>.
>  
>  Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 live ISO image
>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive
> media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive
> media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
>  
> -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive
> media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive
> media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
>  @end example
>  
>  Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 cloud image using a local overlay for
> @@ -450,7 +454,7 @@ writes, copy-on-read, and a readahead of 64k
>  @example
>  qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"http",,
>  "file.url":"https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Images/x86_64/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2",,
>  "file.readahead":"64k"@}' /tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2
>  
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -drive
> file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive
> file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on
>  @end example
>  
>  Example: boot from an image stored on a VMware vSphere server with a
>  self-signed
> @@ -459,7 +463,7 @@ of 10 seconds.
>  @example
>  qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"https",,
>  "file.url":"https://user:password@@vsphere.example.com/folder/test/test-flat.vmdk?dcPath=Datacenter&dsName=datastore1",,
>  "file.sslverify":"off",, "file.readahead":"64k",, "file.timeout":10@}'
>  /tmp/test.qcow2
>  
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2
>  @end example
>  
>  @end table
> @@ -826,7 +830,7 @@ On Linux hosts, a shared memory device is available.  The
> basic syntax
>  is:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
>  @end example
>  
>  where @var{hostmem} names a host memory backend.  For a POSIX shared
> @@ -847,7 +851,7 @@ memory server is:
>  ivshmem-server -p @var{pidfile} -S @var{path} -m @var{shm-name} -l
>  @var{shm-size} -n @var{vectors}
>  
>  # Then start your qemu instances with matching arguments
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -device
> ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -device
> ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
>                   -chardev socket,path=@var{path},id=@var{id}
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -872,7 +876,7 @@ Instead of specifying the <shm size> using POSIX shm, you
> may specify
>  a memory backend that has hugepage support:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -object
> memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -object
> memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
>                   -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=mb1
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -888,7 +892,7 @@ kernel testing.
>  
>  The syntax is:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append
> "root=/dev/hda"
> +@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append
> "root=/dev/hda"
>  @end example
>  
>  Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
> @@ -903,7 +907,7 @@ 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:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img \
>                   -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -969,7 +973,7 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS
> protocols.  @var{id}
>  specifies a netdev defined with @code{-netdev @dots{},id=@var{id}}.
>  For instance, user-mode networking can be used with
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
> +@value{qemu_system} [...] -netdev user,id=net0 -device usb-net,netdev=net0
>  @end example
>  @item usb-ccid
>  Smartcard reader device
> @@ -988,7 +992,7 @@ no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt
> hci,vlan=0}.
>  This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI.  Example
>  usage:
>  @example
> -@command{qemu-system-i386} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice}
> bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3
> +@command{@value{qemu_system}} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice}
> bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3
>  @end example
>  @end table
>  
> @@ -1065,7 +1069,7 @@ For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to
> listen on a UNIX domain
>  socket only. For example
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc
>  @end example
>  
>  This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that
> @@ -1088,7 +1092,7 @@ is running the password is set with the monitor. Until
> the monitor is used to
>  set the password all clients will be rejected.
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio
>  (qemu) change vnc password
>  Password: ********
>  (qemu)
> @@ -1105,7 +1109,7 @@ support provides a secure session, but no
> authentication. This allows any
>  client to connect, and provides an encrypted session.
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
>    -object
>    tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=no \
>    -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
>  @end example
> @@ -1127,7 +1131,7 @@ same syntax as previously, but with @code{verify-peer}
> set to @code{yes}
>  instead.
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
>    -object
>    tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes
>    \
>    -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0 -monitor stdio
>  @end example
> @@ -1140,7 +1144,7 @@ Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC
> password authentication
>  to provide two layers of authentication for clients.
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
>    -object
>    tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes
>    \
>    -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,password -monitor stdio
>  (qemu) change vnc password
> @@ -1165,7 +1169,7 @@ used for authentication, but assuming use of one
> supporting SSF,
>  then QEMU can be launched with:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio
>  @end example
>  
>  @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl
> @@ -1179,7 +1183,7 @@ credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the
> 'sasl' option
>  with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] \
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] \
>    -object
>    tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server,verify-peer=yes
>    \
>    -vnc :1,tls-creds=tls0,sasl -monitor stdio
>  @end example
> @@ -1512,13 +1516,13 @@ To load server credentials with client certificate
> validation
>  enabled
>  
>  @example
> -$QEMU -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server
> +@value{qemu_system} -object
> tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=server
>  @end example
>  
>  while to load client credentials use
>  
>  @example
> -$QEMU -object tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=client
> +@value{qemu_system} -object
> tls-creds-x509,id=tls0,dir=/etc/pki/qemu,endpoint=client
>  @end example
>  
>  Network services which support TLS will all have a @code{tls-creds}
> @@ -1526,7 +1530,7 @@ parameter which expects the ID of the TLS credentials
> object. For
>  example with VNC:
>  
>  @example
> -$QEMU -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,tls-creds=tls0
> +@value{qemu_system} -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,tls-creds=tls0
>  @end example
>  
>  @node tls_psk
> @@ -1574,8 +1578,7 @@ QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that
> you can do
>  In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
>  gdb connection:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \
> -                    -append "root=/dev/hda"
> +@value{qemu_system} -s -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append
> "root=/dev/hda"
>  Connected to host network interface: tun0
>  Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
>  @end example
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index ea0638e92d..09e6439646 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ This option defines a free-form string that can be used
> to describe @var{fd}.
>  
>  You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386
> --add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file"
> --add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file"
> --drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} \
> + -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" \
> + -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" \
> + -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
>  @end example
>  ETEXI
>  
> @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ STEXI
>  Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value},
>  e.g.:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -global ide-hd.physical_block_size=4096 disk-image.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -global ide-hd.physical_block_size=4096
> disk-image.img
>  @end example
>  
>  In particular, you can use this to set driver properties for devices which
>  are
> @@ -337,11 +337,11 @@ bootindex options. The default is non-strict boot.
>  
>  @example
>  # try to boot from network first, then from hard disk
> -qemu-system-i386 -boot order=nc
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot order=nc
>  # boot from CD-ROM first, switch back to default order after reboot
> -qemu-system-i386 -boot once=d
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot once=d
>  # boot with a splash picture for 5 seconds.
> -qemu-system-i386 -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000
>  @end example
>  
>  Note: The legacy format '-boot @var{drives}' is still supported but its
> @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ For example, the following command-line sets the guest
> startup RAM size to
>  memory the guest can reach to 4GB:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G
> +@value{qemu_system} -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G
>  @end example
>  
>  If @var{slots} and @var{maxmem} are not specified, memory hotplug won't
> @@ -666,15 +666,15 @@ STEXI
>  @item -soundhw @var{card1}[,@var{card2},...] or -soundhw all
>  @findex -soundhw
>  Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use 'help' to print all
> -available sound hardware.
> +available sound hardware. For example:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw es1370 disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw ac97 disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw hda disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw all disk.img
> -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw help
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw es1370 disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw ac97 disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw hda disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw all disk.img
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -soundhw help
>  @end example
>  
>  Note that Linux's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might
> @@ -1149,50 +1149,50 @@ is off.
>  
>  Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
>  @end example
>  
>  Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you
>  can
>  use:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
>  @end example
>  
>  You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386
> --add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file"
> --add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file"
> --drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
> +@value{qemu_system} \
> + -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" \
> + -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" \
> + -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk
>  @end example
>  
>  You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
>  @end example
>  
>  If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
>  @end example
>  
>  Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
>  @end example
>  
>  By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
>  incremented:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=a -drive file=b"
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=a -drive file=b"
>  @end example
>  is interpreted like:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -hda a -hdb b
> +@value{qemu_system_x86} -hda a -hdb b
>  @end example
>  ETEXI
>  
> @@ -2272,8 +2272,8 @@ The following two example do exactly the same, to show
> how @option{-nic} can
>  be used to shorten the command line length (note that the e1000 is the
>  default
>  on i386, so the @option{model=e1000} parameter could even be omitted here,
>  too):
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -netdev user,id=n1,ipv6=off -device
> e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic user,ipv6=off,model=e1000,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
> +@value{qemu_system} -netdev user,id=n1,ipv6=off -device
> e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic user,ipv6=off,model=e1000,mac=52:54:98:76:54:32
>  @end example
>  
>  @item -nic none
> @@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ can not be resolved.
>  
>  Example:
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic
> user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org
>  @end example
>  
>  @item domainname=@var{domain}
> @@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ a guest from a local directory.
>  
>  Example (using pxelinux):
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 -hda linux.img -boot n -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
> +@value{qemu_system} -hda linux.img -boot n -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
>      -netdev user,id=n1,tftp=/path/to/tftp/files,bootfile=/pxelinux.0
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ screen 0, use the following:
>  
>  @example
>  # on the host
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000
>  # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
>  xterm -display :1
>  @end example
> @@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ the guest, use the following:
>  
>  @example
>  # on the host
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23
>  telnet localhost 5555
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ lifetime, like in the following example:
>  @example
>  # open 10.10.1.1:4321 on bootup, connect 10.0.2.100:1234 to it whenever
>  # the guest accesses it
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic
> user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321
>  @end example
>  
>  Or you can execute a command on every TCP connection established by the
>  guest,
> @@ -2440,7 +2440,7 @@ so that QEMU behaves similar to an inetd process for
> that virtual server:
>  @example
>  # call "netcat 10.10.1.1 4321" on every TCP connection to 10.0.2.100:1234
>  # and connect the TCP stream to its stdin/stdout
> -qemu-system-i386 -nic  'user,id=n1,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat
> 10.10.1.1 4321'
> +@value{qemu_system} -nic
> 'user,id=n1,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321'
>  @end example
>  
>  @end table
> @@ -2467,13 +2467,13 @@ Examples:
>  
>  @example
>  #launch a QEMU instance with the default network script
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -nic tap
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -nic tap
>  @end example
>  
>  @example
>  #launch a QEMU instance with two NICs, each one connected
>  #to a TAP device
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>          -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0 -device e1000,netdev=nd0 \
>          -netdev tap,id=nd1,ifname=tap1 -device rtl8139,netdev=nd1
>  @end example
> @@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
>  @example
>  #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
>  #connect a TAP device to bridge br0
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=n1 \
>          -netdev tap,id=n1,"helper=/path/to/qemu-bridge-helper"
>  @end example
>  
> @@ -2498,13 +2498,13 @@ Examples:
>  @example
>  #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
>  #connect a TAP device to bridge br0
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -netdev bridge,id=n1 -device virtio-net,netdev=n1
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -netdev bridge,id=n1 -device
> virtio-net,netdev=n1
>  @end example
>  
>  @example
>  #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to
>  #connect a TAP device to bridge qemubr0
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -netdev bridge,br=qemubr0,id=n1 -device
> virtio-net,netdev=n1
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -netdev bridge,br=qemubr0,id=n1 -device
> virtio-net,netdev=n1
>  @end example
>  
>  @item -netdev
>  socket,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}]
> @@ -2519,11 +2519,11 @@ specifies an already opened TCP socket.
>  Example:
>  @example
>  # launch a first QEMU instance
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n1,listen=:1234
>  # connect the network of this instance to the network of the first instance
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n2,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n2,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
>  @end example
> @@ -2548,15 +2548,15 @@ Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP
> multicast socket.
>  Example:
>  @example
>  # launch one QEMU instance
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
>  # launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n2,mac=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n2,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
>  # launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n3,mac=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n3,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
>  @end example
> @@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
>  Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
>  @example
>  # launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected is UML's default)
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
>                   -netdev socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
>  # launch UML
> @@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
>  
>  Example (send packets from host's 1.2.3.4):
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img \
>                   -device e1000,netdev=n1,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
>                   -netdev
>                   socket,id=n1,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4
>  @end example
> @@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@ brctl addif br-lan vmtunnel0
>  # on 4.3.2.1
>  # launch QEMU instance - if your network has reorder or is very lossy add
>  ,pincounter
>  
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -device e1000,netdev=n1 \
>      -netdev
>      l2tpv3,id=n1,src=4.2.3.1,dst=1.2.3.4,udp,srcport=16384,dstport=16384,rxsession=0xffffffff,txsession=0xffffffff,counter
>  
>  @end example
> @@ -2650,7 +2650,7 @@ Example:
>  # launch vde switch
>  vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch
>  # launch QEMU instance
> -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -nic vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
> +@value{qemu_system} linux.img -nic vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
>  @end example
>  
>  @item -netdev vhost-user,chardev=@var{id}[,vhostforce=on|off][,queues=n]
> @@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ and communicate.  Requires the Linux @code{vhci} driver
> installed.  Can
>  be used as following:
>  
>  @example
> -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
> +@value{qemu_system} [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
>  @end example
>  
>  @item -bt device:@var{dev}[,vlan=@var{n}]
> @@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@ connections will likely be TCP-based, but also UDP,
> pseudo TTY, or even
>  stdio are reasonable use case. The latter is allowing to start QEMU from
>  within gdb and establish the connection via a pipe:
>  @example
> -(gdb) target remote | exec qemu-system-i386 -gdb stdio ...
> +(gdb) target remote | exec @value{qemu_system} -gdb stdio ...
>  @end example
>  ETEXI
>  
> @@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@ which specify the queue number of cryptodev backend,
> the default of
>  
>  @example
>  
> - # qemu-system-x86_64 \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>     [...] \
>         -object cryptodev-backend-builtin,id=cryptodev0 \
>         -device virtio-crypto-pci,id=crypto0,cryptodev=cryptodev0 \
> @@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@ of cryptodev backend for multiqueue vhost-user, the
> default of @var{queues} is 1
>  
>  @example
>  
> - # qemu-system-x86_64 \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>     [...] \
>         -chardev socket,id=chardev0,path=/path/to/socket \
>         -object cryptodev-vhost-user,id=cryptodev0,chardev=chardev0 \
> @@ -4627,14 +4627,14 @@ The simplest (insecure) usage is to provide the
> secret inline
>  
>  @example
>  
> - # $QEMU -object secret,id=sec0,data=letmein,format=raw
> + # @value{qemu_system} -object secret,id=sec0,data=letmein,format=raw
>  
>  @end example
>  
>  The simplest secure usage is to provide the secret via a file
>  
>   # printf "letmein" > mypasswd.txt
> - # $QEMU -object secret,id=sec0,file=mypasswd.txt,format=raw
> + # @value{qemu_system} -object secret,id=sec0,file=mypasswd.txt,format=raw
>  
>  For greater security, AES-256-CBC should be used. To illustrate usage,
>  consider the openssl command line tool which can encrypt the data. Note
> @@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@ and specify that to be used to decrypt the user
> password. Pass the
>  contents of @code{iv.b64} to the second secret
>  
>  @example
> - # $QEMU \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>       -object secret,id=secmaster0,format=base64,file=key.b64 \
>       -object secret,id=sec0,keyid=secmaster0,format=base64,\
>           data=$SECRET,iv=$(<iv.b64)
> @@ -4713,7 +4713,7 @@ negotiate keys used for attestation. The file must be
> encoded in base64.
>  
>  e.g to launch a SEV guest
>  @example
> - # $QEMU \
> + # @value{qemu_system_x86} \
>       ......
>       -object sev-guest,id=sev0,cbitpos=47,reduced-phys-bits=5 \
>       -machine ...,memory-encryption=sev0
> @@ -4735,7 +4735,7 @@ any commas in the distinguished name.
>  An example authorization object to validate a x509 distinguished name
>  would look like:
>  @example
> - # $QEMU \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>       ...
>       -object
>       'authz-simple,id=auth0,identity=CN=laptop.example.com,,O=Example
>       Org,,L=London,,ST=London,,C=GB' \
>       ...
> @@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ a TLS x509 distinguished name, or a SASL username.
>  An example authorization object to validate a SASL username
>  would look like:
>  @example
> - # $QEMU \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>       ...
>       -object
>       authz-simple,id=auth0,filename=/etc/qemu/vnc-sasl.acl,refresh=yes
>       ...
> @@ -4802,7 +4802,7 @@ An example authorization object to validate a TLS x509
> distinguished
>  name would look like:
>  
>  @example
> - # $QEMU \
> + # @value{qemu_system} \
>       ...
>       -object authz-pam,id=auth0,service=qemu-vnc
>       ...
> --
> 2.18.1
> 
> 

Useful change.

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com>

-- 
Miroslav Rezanina
Software Engineer - Virtualization Team Maintainer



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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2019-08-28  9:34 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary Thomas Huth
  2019-08-28 19:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] " John Snow
  2019-08-30  8:03 ` [Qemu-devel] " Miroslav Rezanina
@ 2020-01-14 14:34 ` Peter Maydell
  2020-01-14 14:52   ` Miroslav Rezanina
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Peter Maydell @ 2020-01-14 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Huth
  Cc: Eduardo Habkost, Qemu-block, QEMU Trivial, QEMU Developers,
	Paolo Bonzini, Miroslav Rezanina, Richard Henderson

On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 10:37, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi |  72 ++++++++++----------
>  docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi    |  10 +--
>  qemu-doc.texi                |  81 +++++++++++-----------
>  qemu-options.hx              | 128 +++++++++++++++++------------------
>  4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
> index c02547e28c..2c7ea49c32 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

Do you use the ability to change the text being substituted
here downstream ? If so, heads-up that I'm working on a
conversion of this texi file to rst. I'll put in a
similar rst substitution-reference, which will look like
this:

.. |qemu_system| replace:: qemu-system-x86_64

but you'll need to update your downstream processes if
you're changing the value in the texi currently.

thanks
-- PMM


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* Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
  2020-01-14 14:34 ` Peter Maydell
@ 2020-01-14 14:52   ` Miroslav Rezanina
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Miroslav Rezanina @ 2020-01-14 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Peter Maydell
  Cc: Thomas Huth, Eduardo Habkost, Qemu-block, QEMU Trivial,
	QEMU Developers, Paolo Bonzini, Richard Henderson



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Maydell" <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> To: "Thomas Huth" <thuth@redhat.com>
> Cc: "QEMU Developers" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>, "QEMU Trivial"
> <qemu-trivial@nongnu.org>, "Miroslav Rezanina" <mrezanin@redhat.com>, "Eduardo Habkost" <ehabkost@redhat.com>,
> "Qemu-block" <qemu-block@nongnu.org>, "Richard Henderson" <rth@twiddle.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 3:34:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-doc: Do not hard-code the name of the QEMU binary
> 
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 10:37, Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi |  72 ++++++++++----------
> >  docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi    |  10 +--
> >  qemu-doc.texi                |  81 +++++++++++-----------
> >  qemu-options.hx              | 128 +++++++++++++++++------------------
> >  4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi b/docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi
> > index c02547e28c..2c7ea49c32 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
> 
> Do you use the ability to change the text being substituted
> here downstream ? If so, heads-up that I'm working on a
> conversion of this texi file to rst. I'll put in a
> similar rst substitution-reference, which will look like
> this:
> 
> .. |qemu_system| replace:: qemu-system-x86_64
> 
> but you'll need to update your downstream processes if
> you're changing the value in the texi currently.
> 

Yes we are using it and it make our changes much more simple.

Mirek

> thanks
> -- PMM
> 
> 

-- 
Miroslav Rezanina
Software Engineer - Virtualization Team Maintainer



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