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diff --git a/system/qemu/README b/system/qemu/README
index 53d50d5f7d..987806c423 100644
--- a/system/qemu/README
+++ b/system/qemu/README
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ the kvm-kmod modules and executing the guest code directly on the host
CPU. Slackware provides pre-built 32/64 bit x86 kvm-kmod modules or you
can build different versions with the kvm-kmod package.
-By default, this script builds only the x86 and arm emulation targets
-for qemu; if you prefer to build all supported targets, do this:
+By default, this script builds all emulation targets for qemu; if you
+prefer to build specific target(s), do this:
- TARGETS=all ./qemu.SlackBuild
+ TARGETS=arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user,armeb-linux-user ./qemu.SlackBuild
+
+(Refer to qemu documentation for available emulation targets.)
Disable vnc support via:
@@ -39,17 +41,15 @@ your processor) prior to launching qemu-system-ARCH with kvm enabled.
For older/unmaintained qemu frontends, this build also creates a symlink
to qemu-system-ARCH at /usr/bin/qemu-kvm.
-libiscsi, libcacard, spice, usbredir, virglrenderer,
-device-tree-compiler, libnfs, snappy, glusterfs, and vde2 are optional
-dependencies.
-
-Sphinx is optional but required in order for any of the documentation
-to be built.
+libiscsi (to access iSCSI targets directly), libslirp (user mode
+networking), libcacard, spice, usbredir, virglrenderer, libnfs, snappy,
+glusterfs, and vde2, sphinx-rtd-theme and Sphinx (to build documentation)
+are optional dependencies that will be automatically detected during
+compilation, if present (all avialable on SBo).
-libiscsi (to access iSCSI targets directly) is optional dependency,
-and will be picked up, if present, during the compilation.
+To enable user mode networking, install libslirp, then compile qemu:
-If you wish to emulate ARM, you will want device-tree-compiler.
+SLIRP=yes ./qemu.SlackBuild
NOTES:
This version breaks some backward compatibility with earlier versions.