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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: Make the message more user friendly


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] multiboot: Make the message more user friendly
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 15:37:02 -0500
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On 9/26/18 2:29 AM, Mao Zhongyi wrote:
Since this one is intended to be a user-facing error message
rather than just a debug note, it could also be reasonably
expanded to be a bit more user friendly.

Reported-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Mao Zhongyi <address@hidden>
---
  hw/i386/multiboot.c | 3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>


diff --git a/hw/i386/multiboot.c b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
index 1a4344f..44fc7d8 100644
--- a/hw/i386/multiboot.c
+++ b/hw/i386/multiboot.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ int load_multiboot(FWCfgState *fw_cfg,
      memset(&mbs, 0, sizeof(mbs));
if (flags & 0x00000004) { /* MULTIBOOT_HEADER_HAS_VBE */
-        error_report("multiboot knows VBE. we don't");
+        error_report("This multiboot image uses VBE, which QEMU "
+                     "does not support");

Definite improvement in the grammar over the original.

      }
      if (!(flags & 0x00010000)) { /* MULTIBOOT_HEADER_HAS_ADDR */
          uint64_t elf_entry;


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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3266
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