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| author | Anibal Limon <anibal.limon@linux.intel.com> | 2015-11-18 07:58:59 -0800 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-11-18 16:42:22 +0000 |
| commit | 2e649d79ab437f3bca846953bc44569ab85c45f0 (patch) | |
| tree | d44528e77d8beaf70a80bfcf15ed79b0905fd66c /documentation/dev-manual | |
| parent | bd62289d3faca95d757d072eedae3cdc1b90c968 (diff) | |
| download | poky-2e649d79ab437f3bca846953bc44569ab85c45f0.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Updated runqemu command options list
Since 2.0 release KVM mode does not require VHOST
enablement and a new option was added to support the
old mode. Updated the list of runqemu command options.
(From yocto-docs rev: 6bca626b163ee5e35e04d659579076ab92c4951a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml index ccc915f6d7..35ae04f04c 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml | |||
| @@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ | |||
| 197 | but also is not as easy to use or comprehensive | 197 | but also is not as easy to use or comprehensive |
| 198 | as the default. | 198 | as the default. |
| 199 | </para></listitem> | 199 | </para></listitem> |
| 200 | <listitem><para><filename>kvm</filename>: | 200 | <listitem><para id='kvm-cond'><filename>kvm</filename>: |
| 201 | Enables KVM when running "qemux86" or "qemux86-64" | 201 | Enables KVM when running "qemux86" or "qemux86-64" |
| 202 | QEMU architectures. | 202 | QEMU architectures. |
| 203 | For KVM to work, all the following conditions must be met: | 203 | For KVM to work, all the following conditions must be met: |
| 204 | <itemizedlist> | 204 | <itemizedlist> |
| 205 | <listitem><para> | 205 | <listitem><para> |
| 206 | Your <replaceable>MACHINE</replaceable> must be either | 206 | Your <replaceable>MACHINE</replaceable> must be either |
| 207 | "qemux86" or "qemux86-64". | 207 | qemux86" or "qemux86-64". |
| 208 | </para></listitem> | 208 | </para></listitem> |
| 209 | <listitem><para> | 209 | <listitem><para> |
| 210 | Your build host has to have the KVM modules | 210 | Your build host has to have the KVM modules |
| @@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ | |||
| 219 | The build host <filename>/dev/kvm</filename> | 219 | The build host <filename>/dev/kvm</filename> |
| 220 | directory has to be both writable and readable. | 220 | directory has to be both writable and readable. |
| 221 | </para></listitem> | 221 | </para></listitem> |
| 222 | </itemizedlist> | ||
| 223 | </para></listitem> | ||
| 224 | <listitem><para><filename>kvm-vhost</filename>: | ||
| 225 | Enables KVM with VHOST support when running "qemux86" or "qemux86-64" | ||
| 226 | QEMU architectures. | ||
| 227 | For KVM with VHOST to work, the following conditions must | ||
| 228 | be met: | ||
| 229 | <itemizedlist> | ||
| 230 | <listitem><para> | ||
| 231 | <link linkend='kvm-cond'>kvm</link> option | ||
| 232 | conditions must be met. | ||
| 233 | </para></listitem> | ||
| 222 | <listitem><para> | 234 | <listitem><para> |
| 223 | The build host <filename>/dev/vhost-net</filename> | 235 | The build host <filename>/dev/vhost-net</filename> |
| 224 | directory has to be either readable or writable | 236 | directory has to be either readable or writable |
