Hi.

The qemu(1) manpage and the various qemu-system-*(1) manpages that link to it
all mention "qemu-system-i386" in many places.

Wouldn't it be better to either use just "qemu" or name both "qemu" and "qemu-system-*"?


Cheers,
Chris.

27.06.2013 17:22, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:

These are all examples of usage of various command-line options.

Neither of that will be correct.  There's no "qemu" binary for several
years (back in time we supported only one, i386, target), so the first
form is wrong.  And the other suggested form - "qemu-system-*" - according
to shell rules, expands to a list of all filenames matching this pattern
in current directory.

Just think of all these mentions like about examples, -- and as an example
we can use any binary out of numerous we build.  On the other hand, many
options are really x86-specific so are only valid for -i386 and -x86_64,
so again, qemu-system-* will be incorrectl.

On the other hand, at the start of the manpage it is possible indeed to
mention that all these mentions are just examples.  Dunno about the good
wording for that however...

Thanks,

/mjt

Dear Maintainer,

Numerous manpages for parts of qemu (including anything to do with powerpc) are actually separate
copies of the qemu-system-x86_64 manpage.

08.07.2024 00:53, Gordon Steemson wrote:

And?

Do you think it is a bug? If yes, why do you think it is a bug?
What's your proposal here?

Thanks,

/mjt