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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 | |
| parent | bd62289d3faca95d757d072eedae3cdc1b90c968 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-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')
| -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 @@ but also is not as easy to use or comprehensive as the default. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para><filename>kvm</filename>: + <listitem><para id='kvm-cond'><filename>kvm</filename>: Enables KVM when running "qemux86" or "qemux86-64" QEMU architectures. For KVM to work, all the following conditions must be met: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Your <replaceable>MACHINE</replaceable> must be either - "qemux86" or "qemux86-64". +qemux86" or "qemux86-64". </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Your build host has to have the KVM modules @@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ The build host <filename>/dev/kvm</filename> directory has to be both writable and readable. </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>kvm-vhost</filename>: + Enables KVM with VHOST support when running "qemux86" or "qemux86-64" + QEMU architectures. + For KVM with VHOST to work, the following conditions must + be met: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + <link linkend='kvm-cond'>kvm</link> option + conditions must be met. + </para></listitem> <listitem><para> The build host <filename>/dev/vhost-net</filename> directory has to be either readable or writable |