From b7a9e9647c2bf668d3014768f87ba57cb1b564ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Huth Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 13:01:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] qemu-doc: Remove paragraph about requiring a HD image with -kernel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The need for specifying "-hda" together with "-kernel" has been removed in commit 57a46d057995 ("Convert linux bootrom to external rom and fw_cfg"), almost 10 years ago, so let's remove this description from our documentation now, too. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek Message-Id: <20191001110111.4870-1-thuth@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier --- qemu-doc.texi | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 2ba6c90c08..3c5022050f 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -906,10 +906,6 @@ Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and @option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The @option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image. -When using the direct Linux boot, a disk image for the first hard disk -@file{hda} is required because its boot sector is used to launch the -Linux kernel. - 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: -- 2.11.0