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[qemu-xen stable-4.19] qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options



commit 45b61f730d953b713dc2bb8b695d6555a5b8adb6
Author:     Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 29 15:29:48 2023 +0200
Commit:     Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sun Sep 10 19:40:11 2023 +0300

    qemu-options.hx: Rephrase the descriptions of the -hd* and -cdrom options
    
    The current description says that these options will create a device
    on the IDE bus, which is only true on x86. So rephrase these sentences
    a little bit to speak of "default bus" instead.
    
    Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
    (cherry picked from commit bcd8e243083c878884e52d609deddbe6be17c730)
    Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev <mjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index fdddfab6ff..af8156d2f8 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1174,10 +1174,10 @@ SRST
 ERST
 
 DEF("hda", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hda,
-    "-hda/-hdb file  use 'file' as IDE hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+    "-hda/-hdb file  use 'file' as hard disk 0/1 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("hdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdb, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("hdc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdc,
-    "-hdc/-hdd file  use 'file' as IDE hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+    "-hdc/-hdd file  use 'file' as hard disk 2/3 image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("hdd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdd, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
 ``-hda file``
@@ -1187,18 +1187,22 @@ SRST
 ``-hdc file``
   \ 
 ``-hdd file``
-    Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (see the :ref:`disk images`
-    chapter in the System Emulation Users Guide).
+    Use file as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image on the default bus of the
+    emulated machine (this is for example the IDE bus on most x86 machines,
+    but it can also be SCSI, virtio or something else on other target
+    architectures). See also the :ref:`disk images` chapter in the System
+    Emulation Users Guide.
 ERST
 
 DEF("cdrom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cdrom,
-    "-cdrom file     use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)\n",
+    "-cdrom file     use 'file' as CD-ROM image\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
 ``-cdrom file``
-    Use file as CD-ROM image (you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom`` at
-    the same time). You can use the host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom``
-    as filename.
+    Use file as CD-ROM image on the default bus of the emulated machine
+    (which is IDE1 master on x86, so you cannot use ``-hdc`` and ``-cdrom``
+    at the same time there). On systems that support it, you can use the
+    host CD-ROM by using ``/dev/cdrom`` as filename.
 ERST
 
 DEF("blockdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_blockdev,
--
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