Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] ref-manual/variables.rst: document the QB_DEFAULT_BIOS variable

Hi Antonin,

On 8/11/26 3:17 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> The QB_DEFAULT_BIOS allows setting the -bios parameter of QEMU, which
> can be used to emulate U-Boot, for example.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Address comments from Quentin (thanks!)
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
> ---
>   documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> index e75f42afe..f4ed9a883 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
> @@ -8084,6 +8084,25 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>         replaces the ``@CLIENT@`` and ``@GATEWAY@`` place holders by the IP and
>         the gateway address of the QEMU guest.
>   
> +   :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS`
> +      The :term:`QB_DEFAULT_BIOS` variable can be used to provide a default

"can be used to provide a default value" can be read as "it's not 
mandatory" while it is when using runqemu (well, that or the BIOS 
environment variable).

> +      value for the path the of a file located in :term:`DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE` and

"to provide the path to a file located in"?

if you don't want that, there is some syntax issue here (likely a 
spurious "the").

> +      used by ``runqemu`` to specify the `-bios <https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/invocation.html#hxtool-8>`__
> +      option of QEMU. For example, this parameter can be set as follows to

s/parameter/variable/

Cheers,
Quentin