From patchwork Wed Sep 14 07:58:38 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Tokarev X-Patchwork-Id: 9330979 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E17F26077F for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0E5A29BA8 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id C4CE329BAB; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:19:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 113B929BA8 for ; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:54521 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bk6LN-0003me-8P for patchwork-qemu-devel@patchwork.kernel.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:19:01 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49059) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bk6HC-0000rB-2n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:14:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bk6H8-0003k5-3A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:14:41 -0400 Received: from isrv.corpit.ru ([86.62.121.231]:56402) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bk6H7-0003iQ-MV; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:14:38 -0400 Received: from tsrv.tls.msk.ru (tsrv.tls.msk.ru [192.168.177.2]) by isrv.corpit.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 250F04185A; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:14:32 +0300 (MSK) Received: from tls.msk.ru (mjt.vpn.tls.msk.ru [192.168.177.99]) by tsrv.tls.msk.ru (Postfix) with SMTP id 12419AF5; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:58:59 +0300 (MSK) Received: (nullmailer pid 17335 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 14 Sep 2016 07:58:57 -0000 From: Michael Tokarev To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:58:38 +0300 Message-Id: <3c5c14015af9404108b953c76a05de288326e533.1473839869.git.mjt@msgid.tls.msk.ru> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 86.62.121.231 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 12/27] help: Update help to remove misleading display information X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: qemu-trivial@nongnu.org, Colin Lord , Michael Tokarev Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+patchwork-qemu-devel=patchwork.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP From: Colin Lord Updates the help messages to remove misleading information about SDL being the normal display used. Signed-off-by: Colin Lord Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev --- qemu-options.hx | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index cde4a05..258a8f6 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 +@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 @table @option