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authorAlexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>2009-06-28 16:55:55 +0200
committerAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>2009-06-29 14:18:06 -0500
commit7677f05d843cb41d50578bfa9615c51c08cb64a7 (patch)
treeaa874b52ccac088ace33fdc47dde8e9e2a4519c5 /qemu-options.hx
parent253d0942fac33c5c15c9a7f8657f55f125dc5816 (diff)
Add documentation for Multiboot
The documentation shows how to use -kernel and friends for booting Linux, but obviously knows nothing about multiboot yet. Let's include some documentation for multiboot, so people know how to fully exploit this cool new feature. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 2f21e0a430..dc54115e52 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1100,10 +1100,11 @@ ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Linux boot specific:)
+DEFHEADING(Linux/Multiboot boot specific:)
STEXI
-When using these options, you can use a given
-Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
+
+When using these options, you can use a given Linux or Multiboot
+kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
for easier testing of various kernels.
@table @option
@@ -1113,7 +1114,8 @@ DEF("kernel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_kernel, \
"-kernel bzImage use 'bzImage' as kernel image\n")
STEXI
@item -kernel @var{bzImage}
-Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image.
+Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image. The kernel can be either a Linux kernel
+or in multiboot format.
ETEXI
DEF("append", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_append, \
@@ -1128,6 +1130,13 @@ DEF("initrd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_initrd, \
STEXI
@item -initrd @var{file}
Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
+
+@item -initrd "@var{file1} arg=foo,@var{file2}"
+
+This syntax is only available with multiboot.
+
+Use @var{file1} and @var{file2} as modules and pass arg=foo as parameter to the
+first module.
ETEXI
STEXI