We all know the QEMU command line can become a fiendishly complex beast. Lets gently prepare our user for the horrors to come by referencing where other example command lines can be found in the manual.
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org> --- docs/system/quickstart.rst | 8 ++++++++ docs/system/targets.rst | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst index 3a3acab5e7..3498c5a29f 100644 --- a/docs/system/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/system/quickstart.rst @@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g. |qemu_system| linux.img Linux should boot and give you a prompt. + +Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity +of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and an assumption the +first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot +sector. For non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine +types the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the +machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines +in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual. diff --git a/docs/system/targets.rst b/docs/system/targets.rst index 560783644d..145cc64551 100644 --- a/docs/system/targets.rst +++ b/docs/system/targets.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _system-targets-ref: + QEMU System Emulator Targets ============================ -- 2.20.1