" suppress-vmdesc=on|off disables self-describing migration (default=off)\n"
" nvdimm=on|off controls NVDIMM support (default=off)\n"
" enforce-config-section=on|off enforce configuration section migration (default=off)\n"
- " s390-squash-mcss=on|off (deprecated) controls support for squashing into default css (default=off)\n"
" memory-encryption=@var{} memory encryption object to use (default=none)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
execution of DEA cryptographic functions. The default is on.
@item nvdimm=on|off
Enables or disables NVDIMM support. The default is off.
-@item s390-squash-mcss=on|off
-Enables or disables squashing subchannels into the default css.
-The default is off.
-NOTE: This property is deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
-The ``s390-squash-mcss=on`` property has been obsoleted by allowing the
-cssid to be chosen freely. Instead of squashing subchannels into the
-default channel subsystem image for guests that do not support multiple
-channel subsystems, all devices can be put into the default channel
-subsystem image.
@item enforce-config-section=on|off
If @option{enforce-config-section} is set to @var{on}, force migration
code to send configuration section even if the machine-type sets the
@end example
ETEXI
-DEF("balloon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_balloon,
- "-balloon virtio[,addr=str]\n"
- " enable virtio balloon device (deprecated)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-STEXI
-@item -balloon virtio[,addr=@var{addr}]
-@findex -balloon
-Enable virtio balloon device, optionally with PCI address @var{addr}. This
-option is deprecated, use @option{-device virtio-balloon} instead.
-ETEXI
-
DEF("device", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_device,
"-device driver[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
" add device (based on driver)\n"
DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
"-name string1[,process=string2][,debug-threads=on|off]\n"
" set the name of the guest\n"
- " string1 sets the window title and string2 the process name (on Linux)\n"
- " When debug-threads is enabled, individual threads are given a separate name (on Linux)\n"
+ " string1 sets the window title and string2 the process name\n"
+ " When debug-threads is enabled, individual threads are given a separate name\n"
" NOTE: The thread names are for debugging and not a stable API.\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item cache-size
The maximum total size of the L2 table and refcount block caches in bytes
-(default: 1048576 bytes or 8 clusters, whichever is larger)
+(default: the sum of l2-cache-size and refcount-cache-size)
@item l2-cache-size
The maximum size of the L2 table cache in bytes
-(default: 4/5 of the total cache size)
+(default: if cache-size is not specified - 32M on Linux platforms, and 8M on
+non-Linux platforms; otherwise, as large as possible within the cache-size,
+while permitting the requested or the minimal refcount cache size)
@item refcount-cache-size
The maximum size of the refcount block cache in bytes
-(default: 1/5 of the total cache size)
+(default: 4 times the cluster size; or if cache-size is specified, the part of
+it which is not used for the L2 cache)
@item cache-clean-interval
Clean unused entries in the L2 and refcount caches. The interval is in seconds.
-The default value is 0 and it disables this feature.
+The default value is 600 on supporting platforms, and 0 on other platforms.
+Setting it to 0 disables this feature.
@item pass-discard-request
Whether discard requests to the qcow2 device should be forwarded to the data
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|directsync|unsafe][,format=f]\n"
- " [,serial=s][,addr=A][,rerror=ignore|stop|report]\n"
+ " [,snapshot=on|off][,rerror=ignore|stop|report]\n"
" [,werror=ignore|stop|report|enospc][,id=name][,aio=threads|native]\n"
" [,readonly=on|off][,copy-on-read=on|off]\n"
" [,discard=ignore|unmap][,detect-zeroes=on|off|unmap]\n"
of available connectors of a given interface type.
@item media=@var{media}
This option defines the type of the media: disk or cdrom.
-@item cyls=@var{c},heads=@var{h},secs=@var{s}[,trans=@var{t}]
-Force disk physical geometry and the optional BIOS translation (trans=none or
-lba). These parameters are deprecated, use the corresponding parameters
-of @code{-device} instead.
@item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
@var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and controls snapshot mode for the given drive
(see @option{-snapshot}).
Specify which disk @var{format} will be used rather than detecting
the format. Can be used to specify format=raw to avoid interpreting
an untrusted format header.
-@item serial=@var{serial}
-This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device. This
-parameter is deprecated, use the corresponding parameter of @code{-device}
-instead.
-@item addr=@var{addr}
-Specify the controller's PCI address (if=virtio only). This parameter is
-deprecated, use the corresponding parameter of @code{-device} instead.
@item werror=@var{action},rerror=@var{action}
Specify which @var{action} to take on write and read errors. Valid actions are:
"ignore" (ignore the error and try to continue), "stop" (pause QEMU),
@table @option
@item @var{fsdriver}
This option specifies the fs driver backend to use.
-Currently "local", "handle" and "proxy" file system drivers are supported.
+Currently "local" and "proxy" file system drivers are supported.
@item id=@var{id}
Specifies identifier for this device
@item path=@var{path}
interact with other unix tools. "none" security model is same as
passthrough except the sever won't report failures if it fails to
set file attributes like ownership. Security model is mandatory
-only for local fsdriver. Other fsdrivers (like handle, proxy) don't take
+only for local fsdriver. Other fsdrivers (like proxy) don't take
security model as a parameter.
@item writeout=@var{writeout}
This is an optional argument. The only supported value is "immediate".
@table @option
@item @var{fsdriver}
This option specifies the fs driver backend to use.
-Currently "local", "handle" and "proxy" file system drivers are supported.
+Currently "local" and "proxy" file system drivers are supported.
@item id=@var{id}
Specifies identifier for this device
@item path=@var{path}
interact with other unix tools. "none" security model is same as
passthrough except the sever won't report failures if it fails to
set file attributes like ownership. Security model is mandatory only
-for local fsdriver. Other fsdrivers (like handle, proxy) don't take security
+for local fsdriver. Other fsdrivers (like proxy) don't take security
model as a parameter.
@item writeout=@var{writeout}
This is an optional argument. The only supported value is "immediate".
"-display gtk[,grab_on_hover=on|off][,gl=on|off]|\n"
"-display vnc=<display>[,<optargs>]\n"
"-display curses\n"
- "-display none"
+ "-display none\n"
+ "-display egl-headless[,rendernode=<file>]"
" select display type\n"
"The default display is equivalent to\n"
#if defined(CONFIG_GTK)
runtime.
@item vnc
Start a VNC server on display <arg>
+@item egl-headless
+Offload all OpenGL operations to a local DRI device. For any graphical display,
+this display needs to be paired with either VNC or SPICE displays.
@end table
ETEXI
mechanism. The credentials should have been previously created
using the @option{-object tls-creds} argument.
-The @option{tls-creds} parameter obsoletes the @option{tls},
-@option{x509}, and @option{x509verify} options, and as such
-it is not permitted to set both new and old type options at
-the same time.
-
-@item tls
-
-Require that client use TLS when communicating with the VNC server. This
-uses anonymous TLS credentials so is susceptible to a man-in-the-middle
-attack. It is recommended that this option be combined with either the
-@option{x509} or @option{x509verify} options.
-
-This option is now deprecated in favor of using the @option{tls-creds}
-argument.
-
-@item x509=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
-
-Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
-for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
-to the client. It is recommended that a password be set on the VNC server
-to provide authentication of the client when this is used. The path following
-this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to be loaded from.
-See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating certificates.
-
-This option is now deprecated in favour of using the @option{tls-creds}
-argument.
-
-@item x509verify=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
-
-Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
-for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
-to the client, and request that the client send its own x509 certificate.
-The server will validate the client's certificate against the CA certificate,
-and reject clients when validation fails. If the certificate authority is
-trusted, this is a sufficient authentication mechanism. You may still wish
-to set a password on the VNC server as a second authentication layer. The
-path following this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to
-be loaded from. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating
-certificates.
-
-This option is now deprecated in favour of using the @option{tls-creds}
-argument.
-
@item sasl
Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the VNC server.
slows down the IDE transfers).
ETEXI
-HXCOMM Deprecated by -rtc
-DEF("rtc-td-hack", 0, QEMU_OPTION_rtc_td_hack, "", QEMU_ARCH_I386)
-
DEF("no-fd-bootchk", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_fd_bootchk,
"-no-fd-bootchk disable boot signature checking for floppy disks\n",
QEMU_ARCH_I386)
@table @option
ETEXI
-HXCOMM Legacy slirp options (now moved to -net user):
-#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
-DEF("tftp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tftp, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-DEF("bootp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bootp, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-DEF("redir", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_redir, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#ifndef _WIN32
-DEF("smb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smb, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
-#endif
-
DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
"-netdev user,id=str[,ipv4[=on|off]][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr]\n"
" [,ipv6[=on|off]][,ipv6-net=addr[/int]][,ipv6-host=addr]\n"
" [,restrict=on|off][,hostname=host][,dhcpstart=addr]\n"
" [,dns=addr][,ipv6-dns=addr][,dnssearch=domain][,domainname=domain]\n"
- " [,tftp=dir][,bootfile=f][,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
+ " [,tftp=dir][,tftp-server-name=name][,bootfile=f][,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
#ifndef _WIN32
"[,smb=dir[,smbserver=addr]]\n"
#endif
The TFTP client on the guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command
@code{bin} of the Unix TFTP client).
+@item tftp-server-name=@var{name}
+In BOOTP reply, broadcast @var{name} as the "TFTP server name" (RFC2132 option
+66). This can be used to advise the guest to load boot files or configurations
+from a different server than the host address.
+
@item bootfile=@var{file}
When using the user mode network stack, broadcast @var{file} as the BOOTP
filename. In conjunction with @option{tftp}, this can be used to network boot
@end table
-Note: Legacy stand-alone options -tftp, -bootp, -smb and -redir are still
-processed and applied to -net user. Mixing them with the new configuration
-syntax gives undefined results. Their use for new applications is discouraged
-as they will be removed from future versions.
-
@item -netdev tap,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}][,br=@var{bridge}][,helper=@var{helper}]
Configure a host TAP network backend with ID @var{id}.
-netdev socket,id=n2,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
# launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
qemu-system-i386 linux.img \
- -device e1000,netdev=n3,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
+ -device e1000,netdev=n3,mac=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
-netdev socket,id=n3,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
@end example
"-chardev help\n"
"-chardev null,id=id[,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off]\n"
"-chardev socket,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,to=to][,ipv4][,ipv6][,nodelay][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
- " [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off]\n"
+ " [,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=seconds][,mux=on|off]\n"
" [,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off][,tls-creds=ID] (tcp)\n"
- "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
+ "-chardev socket,id=id,path=path[,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=seconds]\n"
" [,mux=on|off][,logfile=PATH][,logappend=on|off] (unix)\n"
"-chardev udp,id=id[,host=host],port=port[,localaddr=localaddr]\n"
" [,localport=localport][,ipv4][,ipv6][,mux=on|off]\n"
A void device. This device will not emit any data, and will drop any data it
receives. The null backend does not take any options.
-@item -chardev socket,id=@var{id}[,@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}][,server][,nowait][,telnet][,reconnect=@var{seconds}][,tls-creds=@var{id}]
+@item -chardev socket,id=@var{id}[,@var{TCP options} or @var{unix options}][,server][,nowait][,telnet][,websocket][,reconnect=@var{seconds}][,tls-creds=@var{id}]
Create a two-way stream socket, which can be either a TCP or a unix socket. A
unix socket will be created if @option{path} is specified. Behaviour is
@option{telnet} specifies that traffic on the socket should interpret telnet
escape sequences.
+@option{websocket} specifies that the socket uses WebSocket protocol for
+communication.
+
@option{reconnect} sets the timeout for reconnecting on non-server sockets when
the remote end goes away. qemu will delay this many seconds and then attempt
to reconnect. Zero disables reconnecting, and is the default.
the machines @code{n800} and @code{n810} have one HCI and all other
machines have none.
+Note: This option and the whole bluetooth subsystem is considered as deprecated.
+If you still use it, please send a mail to @email{qemu-devel@@nongnu.org} where
+you describe your usecase.
+
@anchor{bt-hcis}
The following three types are recognized:
sequence. Typically in unix telnet you do it with Control-] and then
type "send break" followed by pressing the enter key.
+@item websocket:@var{host}:@var{port},server[,nowait][,nodelay]
+The WebSocket protocol is used instead of raw tcp socket. The port acts as
+a WebSocket server. Client mode is not supported.
+
@item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait][,reconnect=@var{seconds}]
A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option works the
same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket
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,
- "-xen-create create domain using xen hypercalls, bypassing xend\n"
- " warning: should not be used when xend is in use\n",
- QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("xen-attach", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach,
"-xen-attach attach to existing xen domain\n"
- " xend will use this when starting QEMU\n",
+ " libxl will use this when starting QEMU\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
DEF("xen-domid-restrict", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid_restrict,
"-xen-domid-restrict restrict set of available xen operations\n"
@item -xen-domid @var{id}
@findex -xen-domid
Specify xen guest domain @var{id} (XEN only).
-@item -xen-create
-@findex -xen-create
-Create domain using xen hypercalls, bypassing xend.
-Warning: should not be used when xend is in use (XEN only).
@item -xen-attach
@findex -xen-attach
Attach to existing xen domain.
-xend will use this when starting QEMU (XEN only).
+libxl will use this when starting QEMU (XEN only).
@findex -xen-domid-restrict
Restrict set of available xen operations to specified domain id (XEN only).
ETEXI
HXCOMM Silently ignored for compatibility
DEF("clock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_clock, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-HXCOMM Options deprecated by -rtc
-DEF("localtime", 0, QEMU_OPTION_localtime, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-DEF("startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-
DEF("rtc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_rtc, \
- "-rtc [base=utc|localtime|date][,clock=host|rt|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]\n" \
+ "-rtc [base=utc|localtime|<datetime>][,clock=host|rt|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]\n" \
" set the RTC base and clock, enable drift fix for clock ticks (x86 only)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
-@item -rtc [base=utc|localtime|@var{date}][,clock=host|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]
+@item -rtc [base=utc|localtime|@var{datetime}][,clock=host|rt|vm][,driftfix=none|slew]
@findex -rtc
Specify @option{base} as @code{utc} or @code{localtime} to let the RTC start at the current
UTC or local time, respectively. @code{localtime} is required for correct date in
-MS-DOS or Windows. To start at a specific point in time, provide @var{date} in the
+MS-DOS or Windows. To start at a specific point in time, provide @var{datetime} in the
format @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or @code{2006-06-17}. The default base is UTC.
By default the RTC is driven by the host system time. This allows using of the
RTC as accurate reference clock inside the guest, specifically if the host
time is smoothly following an accurate external reference clock, e.g. via NTP.
If you want to isolate the guest time from the host, you can set @option{clock}
-to @code{rt} instead. To even prevent it from progressing during suspension,
-you can set it to @code{vm}.
+to @code{rt} instead, which provides a host monotonic clock if host support it.
+To even prevent the RTC from progressing during suspension, you can set @option{clock}
+to @code{vm} (virtual clock). @samp{clock=vm} is recommended especially in
+icount mode in order to preserve determinism; however, note that in icount mode
+the speed of the virtual clock is variable and can in general differ from the
+host clock.
Enable @option{driftfix} (i386 targets only) if you experience time drift problems,
specifically with Windows' ACPI HAL. This option will try to figure out how
command line and device configuration into file or dash @code{-}) character to print the
output to stdout. This can be later used as input file for @code{-readconfig} option.
ETEXI
-HXCOMM Deprecated, same as -no-user-config
-DEF("nodefconfig", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nodefconfig, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+
DEF("no-user-config", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nouserconfig,
"-no-user-config\n"
" do not load default user-provided config files at startup\n",
The @code{-no-user-config} option makes QEMU not load any of the user-provided
config files on @var{sysconfdir}.
ETEXI
+
DEF("trace", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_trace,
"-trace [[enable=]<pattern>][,events=<file>][,file=<file>]\n"
" specify tracing options\n",
in @var{file}
ETEXI
+DEF("enable-sync-profile", 0, QEMU_OPTION_enable_sync_profile,
+ "-enable-sync-profile\n"
+ " enable synchronization profiling\n",
+ QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -enable-sync-profile
+@findex -enable-sync-profile
+Enable synchronization profiling.
+ETEXI
+
STEXI
@end table
ETEXI
the device DAX /dev/dax0.0 requires 2M alignment rather than 4K. In
such cases, users can specify the required alignment via this option.
+The @option{pmem} option specifies whether the backing file specified
+by @option{mem-path} is in host persistent memory that can be accessed
+using the SNIA NVM programming model (e.g. Intel NVDIMM).
+If @option{pmem} is set to 'on', QEMU will take necessary operations to
+guarantee the persistence of its own writes to @option{mem-path}
+(e.g. in vNVDIMM label emulation and live migration).
+
@item -object memory-backend-ram,id=@var{id},merge=@var{on|off},dump=@var{on|off},share=@var{on|off},prealloc=@var{on|off},size=@var{size},host-nodes=@var{host-nodes},policy=@var{default|preferred|bind|interleave}
Creates a memory backend object, which can be used to back the guest RAM.
traditionally used to define guest RAM. Please refer to
@option{memory-backend-file} for a description of the options.
-@item -object memory-backend-memfd,id=@var{id},merge=@var{on|off},dump=@var{on|off},prealloc=@var{on|off},size=@var{size},host-nodes=@var{host-nodes},policy=@var{default|preferred|bind|interleave},seal=@var{on|off},hugetlb=@var{on|off},hugetlbsize=@var{size}
+@item -object memory-backend-memfd,id=@var{id},merge=@var{on|off},dump=@var{on|off},share=@var{on|off},prealloc=@var{on|off},size=@var{size},host-nodes=@var{host-nodes},policy=@var{default|preferred|bind|interleave},seal=@var{on|off},hugetlb=@var{on|off},hugetlbsize=@var{size}
Creates an anonymous memory file backend object, which allows QEMU to
share the memory with an external process (e.g. when using
Please refer to @option{memory-backend-file} for a description of the
other options.
+The @option{share} boolean option is @var{on} by default with memfd.
+
@item -object rng-random,id=@var{id},filename=@var{/dev/random}
Creates a random number generator backend which obtains entropy from
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