From c8e4d2c9a69e23ea0d324fadd424340a67ba9a08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kyle Harding Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:56:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: emphasize that push emulation is not required in most cases Change-type: patch Signed-off-by: Kyle Harding --- doc/cli.markdown | 5 +++-- lib/commands/push.ts | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/cli.markdown b/doc/cli.markdown index 7aa561d5..c622c653 100644 --- a/doc/cli.markdown +++ b/doc/cli.markdown @@ -2583,8 +2583,9 @@ Source directory to be sent to balenaCloud or balenaOS device #### -e, --emulated -Don't use native ARM servers; force QEMU ARM emulation on Intel x86-64 -servers during the image build (balenaCloud). +Don't use the faster, native balenaCloud ARM builders; force slower QEMU ARM +emulation on Intel x86-64 builders. This flag is sometimes used to investigate +suspected issues with the balenaCloud backend. #### --dockerfile DOCKERFILE diff --git a/lib/commands/push.ts b/lib/commands/push.ts index 6a933354..d6e023ca 100644 --- a/lib/commands/push.ts +++ b/lib/commands/push.ts @@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ export default class PushCmd extends Command { }), emulated: flags.boolean({ description: stripIndent` - Don't use native ARM servers; force QEMU ARM emulation on Intel x86-64 - servers during the image build (balenaCloud).`, + Don't use the faster, native balenaCloud ARM builders; force slower QEMU ARM + emulation on Intel x86-64 builders. This flag is sometimes used to investigate + suspected issues with the balenaCloud backend.`, char: 'e', default: false, }),