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| author | Colin Lord <cdlord2@illinois.edu> | 2016-08-12 15:30:48 -0400 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2016-09-13 19:08:44 +0200 |
| commit | dc0a3e448c24d6811a5806058bdacc2c2775c92f (patch) | |
| tree | bb2070a5d4371b231e9a02438a1e2f2fabe1dcbf /qemu-options.hx | |
| parent | d90f3cca87844ea797a1c96b88758478ac575e1f (diff) | |
help: Update help to remove misleading display information
Updates the help messages to remove misleading information about SDL
being the normal display used.
Signed-off-by: Colin Lord <cdlord2@illinois.edu>
Message-Id: <1471030248-21637-1-git-send-email-cdlord2@illinois.edu>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 38 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 70dfe986a2..52096268b7 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 |