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"
- " [,cache=writethrough|writeback|none][,format=f][,serial=s]\n"
- " [,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native][,readonly=on|off]\n"
+ " [,cache=writethrough|writeback|none|unsafe][,format=f]\n"
+ " [,serial=s][,addr=A][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n"
+ " [,readonly=on|off]\n"
" use 'file' as a drive image\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
@item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
@var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and allows to enable snapshot for given drive (see @option{-snapshot}).
@item cache=@var{cache}
-@var{cache} is "none", "writeback", or "writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data.
+@var{cache} is "none", "writeback", "unsafe", or "writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data.
@item aio=@var{aio}
@var{aio} is "threads", or "native" and selects between pthread based disk I/O and native Linux AIO.
@item format=@var{format}
Writeback caching will report data writes as completed as soon as the data is
present in the host page cache. This is safe as long as you trust your host.
If your host crashes or loses power, then the guest may experience data
-corruption. When using the @option{-snapshot} option, writeback caching is
-used by default.
+corruption.
The host page cache can be avoided entirely with @option{cache=none}. This will
attempt to do disk IO directly to the guests memory. QEMU may still perform
qcow2. If performance is more important than correctness,
@option{cache=writeback} should be used with qcow2.
+In case you don't care about data integrity over host failures, use
+cache=unsafe. This option tells qemu that it never needs to write any data
+to the disk but can instead keeps things in cache. If anything goes wrong,
+like your host losing power, the disk storage getting disconnected accidently,
+etc. you're image will most probably be rendered unusable. When using
+the @option{-snapshot} option, unsafe caching is always used.
+
Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
@example
qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
qemu -soundhw es1370 disk.img
qemu -soundhw ac97 disk.img
+qemu -soundhw hda disk.img
qemu -soundhw all disk.img
qemu -soundhw ?
@end example
@code{-device @var{driver},?}.
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
DEFHEADING(File system options:)
DEF("fsdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fsdev,
- "-fsdev local,id=id,path=path\n",
+ "-fsdev local,id=id,path=path,security_model=[mapped|passthrough|none]\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
Options to each backend are described below.
-@item -fsdev local ,id=@var{id} ,path=@var{path}
+@item -fsdev local ,id=@var{id} ,path=@var{path} ,security_model=@var{security_model}
Create a file-system-"device" for local-filesystem.
@option{path} specifies the path to be exported. @option{path} is required.
+@option{security_model} specifies the security model to be followed.
+@option{security_model} is required.
+
@end table
ETEXI
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
DEFHEADING(Virtual File system pass-through options:)
DEF("virtfs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs,
- "-virtfs local,path=path,mount_tag=tag\n",
+ "-virtfs local,path=path,mount_tag=tag,security_model=[mapped|passthrough|none]\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
Options to each backend are described below.
-@item -virtfs local ,path=@var{path} ,mount_tag=@var{mount_tag}
+@item -virtfs local ,path=@var{path} ,mount_tag=@var{mount_tag} ,security_model=@var{security_model}
Create a Virtual file-system-pass through for local-filesystem.
@option{path} specifies the path to be exported. @option{path} is required.
+@option{security_model} specifies the security model to be followed.
+@option{security_model} is required.
+
+
@option{mount_tag} specifies the tag with which the exported file is mounted.
@option{mount_tag} is required.
@end table
ETEXI
-#endif
DEFHEADING()
Enable SDL.
ETEXI
+DEF("spice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_spice,
+ "-spice <args> enable spice\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -spice @var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]
+@findex -spice
+Enable the spice remote desktop protocol. Valid options are
+
+@table @option
+
+@item port=<nr>
+Set the TCP port spice is listening on for plaintext channels.
+
+@item addr=<addr>
+Set the IP address spice is listening on. Default is any address.
+
+@item ipv4
+@item ipv6
+Force using the specified IP version.
+
+@item password=<secret>
+Set the password you need to authenticate.
+
+@item disable-ticketing
+Allow client connects without authentication.
+
+@item tls-port=<nr>
+Set the TCP port spice is listening on for encrypted channels.
+
+@item x509-dir=<dir>
+Set the x509 file directory. Expects same filenames as -vnc $display,x509=$dir
+
+@item x509-key-file=<file>
+@item x509-key-password=<file>
+@item x509-cert-file=<file>
+@item x509-cacert-file=<file>
+@item x509-dh-key-file=<file>
+The x509 file names can also be configured individually.
+
+@item tls-ciphers=<list>
+Specify which ciphers to use.
+
+@item tls-channel=[main|display|inputs|record|playback|tunnel]
+@item plaintext-channel=[main|display|inputs|record|playback|tunnel]
+Force specific channel to be used with or without TLS encryption. The
+options can be specified multiple times to configure multiple
+channels. The special name "default" can be used to set the default
+mode. For channels which are not explicitly forced into one mode the
+spice client is allowed to pick tls/plaintext as he pleases.
+
+@item image-compression=[auto_glz|auto_lz|quic|glz|lz|off]
+Configure image compression (lossless).
+Default is auto_glz.
+
+@item jpeg-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]
+@item zlib-glz-wan-compression=[auto|never|always]
+Configure wan image compression (lossy for slow links).
+Default is auto.
+
+@item streaming-video=[off|all|filter]
+Configure video stream detection. Default is filter.
+
+@item agent-mouse=[on|off]
+Enable/disable passing mouse events via vdagent. Default is on.
+
+@item playback-compression=[on|off]
+Enable/disable audio stream compression (using celt 0.5.1). Default is on.
+
+@end table
+ETEXI
+
DEF("portrait", 0, QEMU_OPTION_portrait,
"-portrait rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
use the VNC server until the ACLs have been loaded. This can be
achieved using the @code{acl} monitor command.
+@item lossy
+
+Enable lossy compression methods (gradient, JPEG, ...). If this
+option is set, VNC client may receive lossy framebuffer updates
+depending on its encoding settings. Enabling this option can save
+a lot of bandwidth at the expense of quality.
+
@end table
ETEXI
"-chardev serial,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n"
#else
"-chardev pty,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n"
- "-chardev stdio,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n"
+ "-chardev stdio,id=id[,mux=on|off][,signal=on|off]\n"
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BRLAPI
"-chardev braille,id=id[,mux=on|off]\n"
@option{pty} is not available on Windows hosts.
-@item -chardev stdio ,id=@var{id}
+@item -chardev stdio ,id=@var{id} [,signal=on|off]
Connect to standard input and standard output of the qemu process.
-@option{stdio} does not take any options. @option{stdio} is not available on
-Windows hosts.
+
+@option{signal} controls if signals are enabled on the terminal, that includes
+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}
@var{sysconfdir}/target-@var{ARCH}.conf on startup. The @code{-nodefconfig}
option will prevent QEMU from loading these configuration files at startup.
ETEXI
+#ifdef CONFIG_SIMPLE_TRACE
+DEF("trace", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_trace,
+ "-trace\n"
+ " Specify a trace file to log traces to\n",
+ QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -trace
+@findex -trace
+Specify a trace file to log output traces to.
+ETEXI
+#endif
HXCOMM This is the last statement. Insert new options before this line!
STEXI