From d8789a124f9e596fc55852ce85cd3da6094be4a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Hrdina Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 13:58:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man: improve sysinfo description Signed-off-by: Pavel Hrdina --- man/virt-install.pod | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/virt-install.pod b/man/virt-install.pod index a12df168b..f492318ad 100644 --- a/man/virt-install.pod +++ b/man/virt-install.pod @@ -142,9 +142,30 @@ Use --resource=? to see a list of all available sub options. Complete details at =item B<--sysinfo> OPT=VAL,[...] -Configure sysinfo/SMBIOS values exposed to the guest OS. '--sysinfo host' can be used to expose the host's SMBIOS info to the VM, otherwise values can be manually specified. +Configure sysinfo/SMBIOS values exposed to the VM OS. -Use --sysinfo=? to see a list of all available sub options. Complete details at L +Some examples: + +=over 4 + +=item B<--sysinfo host> + +Special type that exposes the host's SMBIOS info into the VM. + +=item B<--sysinfo emulate> + +Sepcial type where hypervisor will generate SMBIOS info into the VM. + +=item B<--sysinfo bios.vendor=custom> or B<--sysinfo smbios,bios.vendor=custom> + +The default type is B and allows users to specify SMBIOS info manually. + +=back + +Use --sysinfo=? to see a list of all available sub options. + +Complete details at L +and L for B XML element. =item B<--qemu-commandline> ARGS