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[Qemu-devel] [PULL 17/58] help: Update help to remove misleading display
From: |
Paolo Bonzini |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PULL 17/58] help: Update help to remove misleading display information |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:15:48 +0200 |
From: Colin Lord <address@hidden>
Updates the help messages to remove misleading information about SDL
being the normal display used.
Signed-off-by: Colin Lord <address@hidden>
Message-Id: <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
---
qemu-options.hx | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 70dfe98..5209626 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -982,13 +982,14 @@ DEF("nographic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nographic,
STEXI
@item -nographic
@findex -nographic
-Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
-you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
-command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
-the console and muxed with the monitor (unless redirected elsewhere
-explicitly). Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
-with a serial console. Use @key{C-a h} for help on switching between
-the console and monitor.
+Normally, if QEMU is compiled with graphical window support, it displays
+output such as guest graphics, guest console, and the QEMU monitor in a
+window. With this option, you can totally disable graphical output so
+that QEMU is a simple command line application. The emulated serial port
+is redirected on the console and muxed with the monitor (unless
+redirected elsewhere explicitly). Therefore, you can still use QEMU to
+debug a Linux kernel with a serial console. Use @key{C-a h} for help on
+switching between the console and monitor.
ETEXI
DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses,
@@ -997,9 +998,11 @@ DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses,
STEXI
@item -curses
@findex -curses
-Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
-QEMU can display the VGA output when in text mode using a
-curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical mode.
+Normally, if QEMU is compiled with graphical window support, it displays
+output such as guest graphics, guest console, and the QEMU monitor in a
+window. With this option, QEMU can display the VGA output when in text
+mode using a curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical
+mode.
ETEXI
DEF("no-frame", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_frame,
@@ -1243,13 +1246,14 @@ DEF("vnc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vnc ,
STEXI
@item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
@findex -vnc
-Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
-you can have QEMU listen on VNC display @var{display} and redirect the VGA
-display over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb
-tablet device when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice
-tablet}). When using the VNC display, you must use the @option{-k}
-parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are not using en-us. Valid
-syntax for the @var{display} is
+Normally, if QEMU is compiled with graphical window support, it displays
+output such as guest graphics, guest console, and the QEMU monitor in a
+window. With this option, you can have QEMU listen on VNC display
address@hidden and redirect the VGA display over the VNC session. It is
+very useful to enable the usb tablet device when using this option
+(option @option{-usbdevice tablet}). When using the VNC display, you
+must use the @option{-k} parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are
+not using en-us. Valid syntax for the @var{display} is
@table @option
--
1.8.3.1
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- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 10/58] tcg: Avoid bouncing tb_lock between tb_gen_code() and tb_add_jump(), Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 13/58] rules.mak: Don't extract libs from .mo-libs in link command, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 14/58] timer: update comments, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 15/58] cpus: rename local variable to meaningful one, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 21/58] lsi: never set DMA FIFO Empty (DFE) bit in DSTAT register, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 23/58] scsi-disk: change disk serial length from 20 to 36, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 24/58] vmw_pvscsi: check page count while initialising descriptor rings, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 16/58] cpus: update comments, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 19/58] lsi: do not exit QEMU if reading invalid register, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 20/58] lsi: implement I/O memory space for Memory Move instructions, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 17/58] help: Update help to remove misleading display information,
Paolo Bonzini <=
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 18/58] lsi: print register names in debug prints, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 22/58] MAINTAINERS: add myself as stubs maintainers, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 25/58] scsi: mptconfig: fix an assert expression, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 26/58] scsi: mptconfig: fix misuse of MPTSAS_CONFIG_PACK, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 27/58] vmxcap: Show raw MSR value, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 28/58] vmxcap: Add TSC scaling bit, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 30/58] chardev: Add 'help' option to print all available chardev backend types, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 29/58] doc/rcu: fix typo, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 31/58] MAINTAINERS: Fix wildcard for scsi headers, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13
- [Qemu-devel] [PULL 32/58] MAINTAINERS: Add some header files to the PC chipset section, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/09/13