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diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index f4a75fc269..13b615bfba 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -20,18 +20,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
select BR2_PACKAGE_PIXMAN
select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
help
- QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
+ QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and
+ virtualizer.
- When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made
- for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g.
- your own PC). By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good
- performance.
+ When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and
+ programs made for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a
+ different machine (e.g. your own PC). By using dynamic
+ translation, it achieves very good performance.
- When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near native performances
- by executing the guest code directly on the host CPU. QEMU supports
- virtualization when executing under the Xen hypervisor or using the
- KVM kernel module in Linux. When using KVM, QEMU can virtualize x86,
- server and embedded PowerPC, and S390 guests.
+ When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near native
+ performances by executing the guest code directly on the
+ host CPU. QEMU supports virtualization when executing under
+ the Xen hypervisor or using the KVM kernel module in
+ Linux. When using KVM, QEMU can virtualize x86, server and
+ embedded PowerPC, and S390 guests.
http://qemu.org/
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ comment "Emulators selection"
config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_CUSTOM_TARGETS
string "Enable specific targets"
help
- Enter here the list of QEMU targets you want to build. For example:
+ Enter here the list of QEMU targets you want to build. For
+ example:
System emulation | User-land emulation
----------------------+-----------------------
@@ -63,7 +66,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SYSTEM
depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dtc
select BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT
help
- Say 'y' to build all system emulators/virtualisers that QEMU supports.
+ Say 'y' to build all system emulators/virtualisers that QEMU
+ supports.
comment "systems emulation needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -73,7 +77,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_LINUX_USER
# Incompatible "struct sigevent" definition on musl
depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
help
- Say 'y' to build all Linux user-land emulators that QEMU supports.
+ Say 'y' to build all Linux user-land emulators that QEMU
+ supports.
# Note: bsd-user can not be build on Linux
@@ -94,8 +99,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_SDL
bool "Enable SDL frontend"
select BR2_PACKAGE_SDL
help
- Say 'y' to enable the SDL frontend, that is, a graphical window
- presenting the VM's display.
+ Say 'y' to enable the SDL frontend, that is, a graphical
+ window presenting the VM's display.
comment "Misc. features"
@@ -104,8 +109,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_FDT
depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dtc
select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
help
- Say 'y' here to have QEMU capable of constructing Device Trees,
- and passing them to the VMs.
+ Say 'y' here to have QEMU capable of constructing Device
+ Trees, and passing them to the VMs.
comment "FDT support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_HAS_EMULS
config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_TOOLS
bool "Enable tools"
help
- Say 'y' here to include tools packaged with QEMU (e.g. qemu-img).
+ Say 'y' here to include tools packaged with QEMU
+ (e.g. qemu-img).
endif # BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU
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