HXCOMM architectures.
HXCOMM HXCOMM can be used for comments, discarded from both texi and C
-DEFHEADING(Standard options:)
+DEFHEADING(Standard options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
" selects emulated machine ('-machine help' for list)\n"
" property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects accelerator\n"
" supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n"
- " kernel_irqchip=on|off controls accelerated irqchip support\n"
" kernel_irqchip=on|off|split controls accelerated irqchip support (default=off)\n"
" vmport=on|off|auto controls emulation of vmport (default: auto)\n"
" kvm_shadow_mem=size of KVM shadow MMU in bytes\n"
Select CPU model (@code{-cpu help} for list and additional feature selection)
ETEXI
+DEF("accel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_accel,
+ "-accel [accel=]accelerator[,thread=single|multi]\n"
+ " select accelerator ('-accel help for list')\n"
+ " thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -accel @var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
+@findex -accel
+This is used to enable an accelerator. Depending on the target architecture,
+kvm, xen, or tcg can be available. By default, tcg is used. If there is more
+than one accelerator specified, the next one is used if the previous one fails
+to initialize.
+@table @option
+@item thread=single|multi
+Controls number of TCG threads. When the TCG is multi-threaded there will be one
+thread per vCPU therefor taking advantage of additional host cores. The default
+is to enable multi-threading where both the back-end and front-ends support it and
+no incompatible TCG features have been enabled (e.g. icount/replay).
+@end table
+ETEXI
+
DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
"-smp [cpus=]n[,maxcpus=cpus][,cores=cores][,threads=threads][,sockets=sockets]\n"
" set the number of CPUs to 'n' [default=1]\n"
ETEXI
DEF("numa", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_numa,
- "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n"
- "-numa node[,memdev=id][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=firstcpu[-lastcpu]][,nodeid=node]\n"
+ "-numa node[,memdev=id][,cpus=firstcpu[-lastcpu]][,nodeid=node]\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
-@item -numa node[,mem=@var{size}][,cpus=@var{cpu[-cpu]}][,nodeid=@var{node}]
-@itemx -numa node[,memdev=@var{id}][,cpus=@var{cpu[-cpu]}][,nodeid=@var{node}]
+@item -numa node[,mem=@var{size}][,cpus=@var{firstcpu}[-@var{lastcpu}]][,nodeid=@var{node}]
+@itemx -numa node[,memdev=@var{id}][,cpus=@var{firstcpu}[-@var{lastcpu}]][,nodeid=@var{node}]
@findex -numa
-Simulate a multi node NUMA system. If @samp{mem}, @samp{memdev}
-and @samp{cpus} are omitted, resources are split equally. Also, note
-that the -@option{numa} option doesn't allocate any of the specified
-resources. That is, it just assigns existing resources to NUMA nodes. This
-means that one still has to use the @option{-m}, @option{-smp} options
-to allocate RAM and VCPUs respectively, and possibly @option{-object}
-to specify the memory backend for the @samp{memdev} suboption.
+Define a NUMA node and assign RAM and VCPUs to it.
+
+@var{firstcpu} and @var{lastcpu} are CPU indexes. Each
+@samp{cpus} option represent a contiguous range of CPU indexes
+(or a single VCPU if @var{lastcpu} is omitted). A non-contiguous
+set of VCPUs can be represented by providing multiple @samp{cpus}
+options. If @samp{cpus} is omitted on all nodes, VCPUs are automatically
+split between them.
+
+For example, the following option assigns VCPUs 0, 1, 2 and 5 to
+a NUMA node:
+@example
+-numa node,cpus=0-2,cpus=5
+@end example
+
+@samp{mem} assigns a given RAM amount to a node. @samp{memdev}
+assigns RAM from a given memory backend device to a node. If
+@samp{mem} and @samp{memdev} are omitted in all nodes, RAM is
+split equally between them.
+
+@samp{mem} and @samp{memdev} are mutually exclusive. Furthermore,
+if one node uses @samp{memdev}, all of them have to use it.
+
+Note that the -@option{numa} option doesn't allocate any of the
+specified resources, it just assigns existing resources to NUMA
+nodes. This means that one still has to use the @option{-m},
+@option{-smp} options to allocate RAM and VCPUs respectively.
-@samp{mem} and @samp{memdev} are mutually exclusive. Furthermore, if one
-node uses @samp{memdev}, all of them have to use it.
ETEXI
DEF("add-fd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_add_fd,
(floppy 1 and 2), c (first hard disk), d (first CD-ROM), n-p (Etherboot
from network adapter 1-4), hard disk boot is the default. To apply a
particular boot order only on the first startup, specify it via
-@option{once}.
+@option{once}. Note that the @option{order} or @option{once} parameter
+should not be used together with the @option{bootindex} property of
+devices, since the firmware implementations normally do not support both
+at the same time.
Interactive boot menus/prompts can be enabled via @option{menu=on} as far
as firmware/BIOS supports them. The default is non-interactive boot.
ETEXI
DEF("m", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_m,
- "-m[emory] [size=]megs[,slots=n,maxmem=size]\n"
+ "-m [size=]megs[,slots=n,maxmem=size]\n"
" configure guest RAM\n"
" size: initial amount of guest memory\n"
" slots: number of hotplug slots (default: none)\n"
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Block device options:)
+DEFHEADING(Block device options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
using @file{/dev/cdrom} as filename (@pxref{host_drives}).
ETEXI
+DEF("blockdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_blockdev,
+ "-blockdev [driver=]driver[,node-name=N][,discard=ignore|unmap]\n"
+ " [,cache.direct=on|off][,cache.no-flush=on|off]\n"
+ " [,read-only=on|off][,detect-zeroes=on|off|unmap]\n"
+ " [,driver specific parameters...]\n"
+ " configure a block backend\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+
DEF("drive", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_drive,
"-drive [file=file][,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m][,media=d][,index=i]\n"
" [,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]][,snapshot=on|off]\n"
qemu-system-i386 -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
@end example
-You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0:
-@example
-qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
-@end example
-
Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
@example
qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
DEF("fsdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fsdev,
"-fsdev fsdriver,id=id[,path=path,][security_model={mapped-xattr|mapped-file|passthrough|none}]\n"
- " [,writeout=immediate][,readonly][,socket=socket|sock_fd=sock_fd]\n",
+ " [,writeout=immediate][,readonly][,socket=socket|sock_fd=sock_fd]\n"
+ " [[,throttling.bps-total=b]|[[,throttling.bps-read=r][,throttling.bps-write=w]]]\n"
+ " [[,throttling.iops-total=i]|[[,throttling.iops-read=r][,throttling.iops-write=w]]]\n"
+ " [[,throttling.bps-total-max=bm]|[[,throttling.bps-read-max=rm][,throttling.bps-write-max=wm]]]\n"
+ " [[,throttling.iops-total-max=im]|[[,throttling.iops-read-max=irm][,throttling.iops-write-max=iwm]]]\n"
+ " [[,throttling.iops-size=is]]\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(USB options:)
+DEFHEADING(USB options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Display options:)
+DEFHEADING(Display options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
DEF("display", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_display,
"-display sdl[,frame=on|off][,alt_grab=on|off][,ctrl_grab=on|off]\n"
- " [,window_close=on|off][,gl=on|off]|curses|none|\n"
+ " [,window_close=on|off][,gl=on|off]\n"
"-display gtk[,grab_on_hover=on|off][,gl=on|off]|\n"
"-display vnc=<display>[,<optargs>]\n"
"-display curses\n"
" [,streaming-video=[off|all|filter]][,disable-copy-paste]\n"
" [,disable-agent-file-xfer][,agent-mouse=[on|off]]\n"
" [,playback-compression=[on|off]][,seamless-migration=[on|off]]\n"
- " [,gl=[on|off]]\n"
+ " [,gl=[on|off]][,rendernode=<file>]\n"
" enable spice\n"
" at least one of {port, tls-port} is mandatory\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
@item gl=[on|off]
Enable/disable OpenGL context. Default is off.
+@item rendernode=<file>
+DRM render node for OpenGL rendering. If not specified, it will pick
+the first available. (Since 2.9)
+
@end table
ETEXI
Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
-(This one is the default)
+(This card was the default before QEMU 2.2)
@item std
Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
-this option.
+this option. (This card is the default since QEMU 2.2)
@item vmware
VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
@item websocket
Opens an additional TCP listening port dedicated to VNC Websocket connections.
-By definition the Websocket port is 5700+@var{display}. If @var{host} is
-specified connections will only be allowed from this host.
-As an alternative the Websocket port could be specified by using
-@code{websocket}=@var{port}.
+If a bare @var{websocket} option is given, the Websocket port is
+5700+@var{display}. An alternative port can be specified with the
+syntax @code{websocket}=@var{port}.
+
+If @var{host} is specified connections will only be allowed from this host.
+It is possible to control the websocket listen address independently, using
+the syntax @code{websocket}=@var{host}:@var{port}.
+
If no TLS credentials are provided, the websocket connection runs in
unencrypted mode. If TLS credentials are provided, the websocket connection
requires encrypted client connections.
ETEXI
ARCHHEADING(, QEMU_ARCH_I386)
-ARCHHEADING(i386 target only:, QEMU_ARCH_I386)
+ARCHHEADING(i386 target only, QEMU_ARCH_I386)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Network options:)
+DEFHEADING(Network options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
@example
qemu -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,share=on \
-numa node,memdev=mem \
- -chardev socket,path=/path/to/socket \
+ -chardev socket,id=chr0,path=/path/to/socket \
-netdev type=vhost-user,id=net0,chardev=chr0 \
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
@end example
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Character device options:)
+DEFHEADING(Character device options)
STEXI
The general form of a character device option is:
exiting QEMU with the key sequence @key{Control-c}. This option is enabled by
default, use @option{signal=off} to disable it.
-@option{stdio} is not available on Windows hosts.
-
@item -chardev braille ,id=@var{id}
Connect to a local BrlAPI server. @option{braille} does not take any options.
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Device URL Syntax:)
+DEFHEADING(Device URL Syntax)
STEXI
In addition to using normal file images for the emulated storage devices,
qemu-system-i386 --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
@end example
-See also @url{http://http://www.osrg.net/sheepdog/}.
+See also @url{https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/}.
@item GlusterFS
-GlusterFS is an user space distributed file system.
+GlusterFS is a user space distributed file system.
QEMU supports the use of GlusterFS volumes for hosting VM disk images using
TCP, Unix Domain Sockets and RDMA transport protocols.
Syntax for specifying a VM disk image on GlusterFS volume is
@example
-gluster[+transport]://[server[:port]]/volname/image[?socket=...]
+
+URI:
+gluster[+type]://[host[:port]]/volume/path[?socket=...][,debug=N][,logfile=...]
+
+JSON:
+'json:@{"driver":"qcow2","file":@{"driver":"gluster","volume":"testvol","path":"a.img","debug":N,"logfile":"...",
+@ "server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"...","port":"..."@},
+@ @{"type":"unix","socket":"..."@}]@}@}'
@end example
Example
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img
+URI:
+qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
+@ file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
+
+JSON:
+qemu-system-x86_64 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
+@ "file":@{"driver":"gluster",
+@ "volume":"testvol","path":"a.img",
+@ "debug":9,"logfile":"/var/log/qemu-gluster.log",
+@ "server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"1.2.3.4","port":24007@},
+@ @{"type":"unix","socket":"/var/run/glusterd.socket"@}]@}@}'
+qemu-system-x86_64 -drive driver=qcow2,file.driver=gluster,file.volume=testvol,file.path=/path/a.img,
+@ file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log,
+@ file.server.0.type=tcp,file.server.0.host=1.2.3.4,file.server.0.port=24007,
+@ file.server.1.type=unix,file.server.1.socket=/var/run/glusterd.socket
@end example
See also @url{http://www.gluster.org}.
-@item HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS/TFTP
-QEMU supports read-only access to files accessed over http(s), ftp(s) and tftp.
+@item HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS
+QEMU supports read-only access to files accessed over http(s) and ftp(s).
Syntax using a single filename:
@example
where:
@table @option
@item protocol
-'http', 'https', 'ftp', 'ftps', or 'tftp'.
+'http', 'https', 'ftp', or 'ftps'.
@item username
Optional username for authentication to the remote server.
@end table
ETEXI
-DEFHEADING(Bluetooth(R) options:)
+DEFHEADING(Bluetooth(R) options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
#ifdef CONFIG_TPM
-DEFHEADING(TPM device options:)
+DEFHEADING(TPM device options)
DEF("tpmdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tpmdev, \
"-tpmdev passthrough,id=id[,path=path][,cancel-path=path]\n"
#endif
-DEFHEADING(Linux/Multiboot boot specific:)
+DEFHEADING(Linux/Multiboot boot specific)
STEXI
When using these options, you can use a given Linux or Multiboot
ETEXI
DEFHEADING()
-DEFHEADING(Debug/Expert options:)
+DEFHEADING(Debug/Expert options)
STEXI
@table @option
ETEXI
version of netcat which can listen to a TCP port and send and receive
characters via udp. If you have a patched version of netcat which
activates telnet remote echo and single char transfer, then you can
-use the following options to step up a netcat redirector to allow
+use the following options to set up a netcat redirector to allow
telnet on port 5555 to access the QEMU port.
@table @code
@item QEMU Options:
if KVM support is enabled when compiling.
ETEXI
+DEF("enable-hax", 0, QEMU_OPTION_enable_hax, \
+ "-enable-hax enable HAX virtualization support\n", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
+STEXI
+@item -enable-hax
+@findex -enable-hax
+Enable HAX (Hardware-based Acceleration eXecution) support. This option
+is only available if HAX support is enabled when compiling. HAX is only
+applicable to MAC and Windows platform, and thus does not conflict with
+KVM.
+ETEXI
+
DEF("xen-domid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid,
"-xen-domid id specify xen guest domain id\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("xen-create", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_create,
ETEXI
DEF("icount", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_icount, \
- "-icount [shift=N|auto][,align=on|off][,sleep=on|off,rr=record|replay,rrfile=<filename>]\n" \
+ "-icount [shift=N|auto][,align=on|off][,sleep=on|off,rr=record|replay,rrfile=<filename>,rrsnapshot=<snapshot>]\n" \
" enable virtual instruction counter with 2^N clock ticks per\n" \
" instruction, enable aligning the host and virtual clocks\n" \
" or disable real time cpu sleeping\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
-@item -icount [shift=@var{N}|auto][,rr=record|replay,rrfile=@var{filename}]
+@item -icount [shift=@var{N}|auto][,rr=record|replay,rrfile=@var{filename},rrsnapshot=@var{snapshot}]
@findex -icount
Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
instruction every 2^@var{N} ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
When @option{rr} option is specified deterministic record/replay is enabled.
Replay log is written into @var{filename} file in record mode and
read from this file in replay mode.
+
+Option rrsnapshot is used to create new vm snapshot named @var{snapshot}
+at the start of execution recording. In replay mode this option is used
+to load the initial VM state.
ETEXI
DEF("watchdog", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog, \
the migrate_incoming to allow the migration to begin.
ETEXI
+DEF("only-migratable", 0, QEMU_OPTION_only_migratable, \
+ "-only-migratable allow only migratable devices\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -only-migratable
+@findex -only-migratable
+Only allow migratable devices. Devices will not be allowed to enter an
+unmigratable state.
+ETEXI
+
DEF("nodefaults", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nodefaults, \
"-nodefaults don't create default devices\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
in @var{file}
ETEXI
+STEXI
+@end table
+ETEXI
+DEFHEADING()
DEFHEADING(Generic object creation)
+STEXI
+@table @option
+ETEXI
DEF("object", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_object,
"-object TYPENAME[,PROP1=VALUE1,...]\n"
If you want to know the detail of above command line, you can read
the colo-compare git log.
+@item -object cryptodev-backend-builtin,id=@var{id}[,queues=@var{queues}]
+
+Creates a cryptodev backend which executes crypto opreation from
+the QEMU cipher APIS. The @var{id} parameter is
+a unique ID that will be used to reference this cryptodev backend from
+the @option{virtio-crypto} device. The @var{queues} parameter is optional,
+which specify the queue number of cryptodev backend, the default of
+@var{queues} is 1.
+
+@example
+
+ # qemu-system-x86_64 \
+ [...] \
+ -object cryptodev-backend-builtin,id=cryptodev0 \
+ -device virtio-crypto-pci,id=crypto0,cryptodev=cryptodev0 \
+ [...]
+@end example
+
@item -object secret,id=@var{id},data=@var{string},format=@var{raw|base64}[,keyid=@var{secretid},iv=@var{string}]
@item -object secret,id=@var{id},file=@var{filename},format=@var{raw|base64}[,keyid=@var{secretid},iv=@var{string}]