Changeset aa9028e

Timestamp:

11/15/2015 06:25:39 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

3c39513

Parents:

2341740

Message:

Clarified qemu install instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@16659 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -48 +48 @@
       <para>November 15th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Clarified qemu install instructions. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7132">#7132</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[fernando] - Update to xmlto-0.0.27. Fixes

postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml

@@ -151 +151 @@
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr                      \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc                  \
-            --libexecdir=/usr/lib/qemu         \
-            $([ $(uname -m) = i686 ]           &amp;&amp;
-            echo --target-list=i386-softmmu)   \
-            $([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ]         &amp;&amp;
-            echo --target-list=x86_64-softmmu) \
+    <note><para>Qemu is capable of running many targets.  The build process
+    is also capable of building multiple targets at one time in a 
+    comma delimited list assigned to <option>--target-list</option>. Run
+    <command>./configure --help</command> to get a complete list of
+    available targets.</para></note>
+
+
+<screen><userinput>if [ $(uname -m) = i686 ]; then
+   QEMU_ARCH=i386-softmmu
+else
+   QEMU_ARCH=x86_64-softmmu
+fi
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr            \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc        \
+            --target-list=$QEMU_ARCH \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/qemu-&qemu-version; &amp;&amp;
+unset QEMU_ARCH &amp;&amp;
+
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -200 +211 @@
 
     <para>For convenience you may want to create a symbolic link to run
-    <command>qemu-system-x86_64</command>:</para>
+    the installed program. For instance:</para>
 
     <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -sv qemu-system-x86_64 /usr/bin/qemu</userinput></screen>
@@ -209 +220 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
-    <para><parameter>$([ $(uname -m) = i686 ] &amp;&amp;
-    echo --target-list=i386-softmmu)</parameter>: This switch
-    tests and, if true, limits the build target to the i386 architecture.  For
-    other hardware emulation see the --target-list list in
-    <command>configure</command>'s help output.  Omitting the target option will
-    build all architectures.</para>
-
-    <para><parameter>$([ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] &amp;&amp;
-    echo --target-list=x86_64-softmmu)</parameter>: This switch
-    tests and, if true, limits the build target to the x86_64 architecture.  For
-    other hardware emulation see the --target-list list in
-    <command>configure</command>'s help output.  Omitting the target option will
-    build all architectures.</para>
 
     <para>
@@ -246 +243 @@
     <note><para>The following instructions assume you have created the optional
     symbolic link, <userinput>qemu</userinput>.  Additionally, you must run
-    <userinput>qemu</userinput> from an X Window System based terminal.</para></note>
+    <userinput>qemu</userinput> from an X Window System based terminal 
+    (either locally or over ssh).</para></note>
 
     <para>To install an operating system, download an iso of your choice or use