Display version information and exit
ETEXI
-DEF("M", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_M,
- "-M machine select emulated machine (-M ? for list)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
+ "-machine [type=]name[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
+ " selects emulated machine (-machine ? for list)\n"
+ " property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects accelerator\n"
+ " supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n",
+ QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
-@item -M @var{machine}
-@findex -M
-Select the emulated @var{machine} (@code{-M ?} for list)
+@item -machine [type=]@var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
+@findex -machine
+Select the emulated machine by @var{name}. Use @code{-machine ?} to list
+available machines. Supported machine properties are:
+@table @option
+@item accel=@var{accels1}[:@var{accels2}[:...]]
+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.
+@end table
ETEXI
+HXCOMM Deprecated by -machine
+DEF("M", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_M, "", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+
DEF("cpu", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cpu,
"-cpu cpu select CPU (-cpu ? for list)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
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|unsafe|none][,format=f]\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)
This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device.
@item addr=@var{addr}
Specify the controller's PCI address (if=virtio only).
+@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),
+"report" (report the error to the guest), "enospc" (pause QEMU only if the
+host disk is full; report the error to the guest otherwise).
+The default setting is @option{werror=enospc} and @option{rerror=report}.
+@item readonly
+Open drive @option{file} as read-only. Guest write attempts will fail.
@end table
By default, writethrough caching is used for all block device. This means that
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()
@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]|curses|none|\n"
+ " vnc=<display>[,<optargs>]\n"
+ " select display type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -display @var{type}
+@findex -display
+Select type of display to use. This option is a replacement for the
+old style -sdl/-curses/... options. Valid values for @var{type} are
+@table @option
+@item sdl
+Display video output via SDL (usually in a separate graphics
+window; see the SDL documentation for other possibilities).
+@item curses
+Display video output via curses. For graphics device models which
+support a text mode, QEMU can display this output using a
+curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed when the graphics
+device is in graphical mode or if the graphics device does not support
+a text mode. Generally only the VGA device models support text mode.
+@item none
+Do not display video output. The guest will still see an emulated
+graphics card, but its output will not be displayed to the QEMU
+user. This option differs from the -nographic option in that it
+only affects what is done with video output; -nographic also changes
+the destination of the serial and parallel port data.
+@item vnc
+Start a VNC server on display <arg>
+@end table
+ETEXI
+
DEF("nographic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nographic,
"-nographic disable graphical output and redirect serial I/Os to console\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
with a serial console.
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses,
"-curses use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -curses
@findex curses
curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical mode.
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDL
DEF("no-frame", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_frame,
"-no-frame open SDL window without a frame and window decorations\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -no-frame
@findex -no-frame
workspace more convenient.
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDL
DEF("alt-grab", 0, QEMU_OPTION_alt_grab,
"-alt-grab use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -alt-grab
@findex -alt-grab
-Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
+Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt). Note that this also
+affects the special keys (for fullscreen, monitor-mode switching, etc).
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDL
DEF("ctrl-grab", 0, QEMU_OPTION_ctrl_grab,
"-ctrl-grab use Right-Ctrl to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -ctrl-grab
@findex -ctrl-grab
-Use Right-Ctrl to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
+Use Right-Ctrl to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt). Note that this also
+affects the special keys (for fullscreen, monitor-mode switching, etc).
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDL
DEF("no-quit", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_quit,
"-no-quit disable SDL window close capability\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -no-quit
@findex -no-quit
Disable SDL window close capability.
ETEXI
-#ifdef CONFIG_SDL
DEF("sdl", 0, QEMU_OPTION_sdl,
"-sdl enable SDL\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
-#endif
STEXI
@item -sdl
@findex -sdl
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 sasl
+Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the spice.
+The exact choice of authentication method used is controlled from the
+system / user's SASL configuration file for the 'qemu' service. This
+is typically found in /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
+unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
+to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
+While some SASL auth methods can also provide data encryption (eg GSSAPI),
+it is recommended that SASL always be combined with the 'tls' and
+'x509' settings to enable use of SSL and server certificates. This
+ensures a data encryption preventing compromise of authentication
+credentials.
+
+@item disable-ticketing
+Allow client connects without authentication.
+
+@item disable-copy-paste
+Disable copy paste between the client and the guest.
+
+@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)
Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
ETEXI
+DEF("rotate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_rotate,
+ "-rotate <deg> rotate graphical output some deg left (only PXA LCD)\n",
+ QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -rotate
+@findex -rotate
+Rotate graphical output some deg left (only PXA LCD).
+ETEXI
+
DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga,
- "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|xenfb|none]\n"
+ "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|qxl|xenfb|none]\n"
" select video card type\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -vga @var{type}
VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
card.
+@item qxl
+QXL paravirtual graphic card. It is VGA compatible (including VESA
+2.0 VBE support). Works best with qxl guest drivers installed though.
+Recommended choice when using the spice protocol.
@item none
Disable VGA card.
@end table
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.
+
+@item non-adaptive
+
+Disable adaptive encodings. Adaptive encodings are enabled by default.
+An adaptive encoding will try to detect frequently updated screen regions,
+and send updates in these regions using a lossy encoding (like JPEG).
+This can be really helpful to save bandwidth when playing videos. Disabling
+adaptive encodings allows to restore the original static behavior of encodings
+like Tight.
+
@end table
ETEXI
"-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n"
" create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN 'n'\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
- "-net user[,vlan=n][,name=str][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr][,restrict=y|n]\n"
+ "-net user[,vlan=n][,name=str][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr][,restrict=on|off]\n"
" [,hostname=host][,dhcpstart=addr][,dns=addr][,tftp=dir][,bootfile=f]\n"
" [,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
#ifndef _WIN32
"-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str],ifname=name\n"
" connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n'\n"
#else
- "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off][,vhostfd=h]\n"
+ "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile][,sndbuf=nbytes][,vnet_hdr=on|off][,vhost=on|off][,vhostfd=h][,vhostforce=on|off]\n"
" connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n' and use the\n"
" network scripts 'file' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_SCRIPT ")\n"
" and 'dfile' (default=" DEFAULT_NETWORK_DOWN_SCRIPT ")\n"
" use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution\n"
" use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP interface\n"
" use 'sndbuf=nbytes' to limit the size of the send buffer (the\n"
- " default of 'sndbuf=1048576' can be disabled using 'sndbuf=0')\n"
+ " default is disabled 'sndbuf=0' to enable flow control set 'sndbuf=1048576')\n"
" use vnet_hdr=off to avoid enabling the IFF_VNET_HDR tap flag\n"
" use vnet_hdr=on to make the lack of IFF_VNET_HDR support an error condition\n"
" use vhost=on to enable experimental in kernel accelerator\n"
+ " (only has effect for virtio guests which use MSIX)\n"
+ " use vhostforce=on to force vhost on for non-MSIX virtio guests\n"
" use 'vhostfd=h' to connect to an already opened vhost net device\n"
#endif
"-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
" connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket connection\n"
- "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]\n"
+ "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port[,localaddr=addr]]\n"
" connect the vlan 'n' to multicast maddr and port\n"
+ " use 'localaddr=addr' to specify the host address to send packets from\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_VDE
"-net vde[,vlan=n][,name=str][,sock=socketpath][,port=n][,group=groupname][,mode=octalmode]\n"
" connect the vlan 'n' to port 'n' of a vde switch running\n"
@item net=@var{addr}[/@var{mask}]
Set IP network address the guest will see. Optionally specify the netmask,
either in the form a.b.c.d or as number of valid top-most bits. Default is
-10.0.2.0/8.
+10.0.2.0/24.
@item host=@var{addr}
Specify the guest-visible address of the host. Default is the 2nd IP in the
guest network, i.e. x.x.x.2.
-@item restrict=y|yes|n|no
-If this options is enabled, the guest will be isolated, i.e. it will not be
+@item restrict=on|off
+If this option is enabled, the guest will be isolated, i.e. it will not be
able to contact the host and no guest IP packets will be routed over the host
-to the outside. This option does not affect explicitly set forwarding rule.
+to the outside. This option does not affect any explicitly set forwarding rules.
@item hostname=@var{name}
Specifies the client hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
@item dhcpstart=@var{addr}
Specify the first of the 16 IPs the built-in DHCP server can assign. Default
-is the 16th to 31st IP in the guest network, i.e. x.x.x.16 to x.x.x.31.
+is the 15th to 31st IP in the guest network, i.e. x.x.x.15 to x.x.x.31.
@item dns=@var{addr}
Specify the guest-visible address of the virtual nameserver. The address must
Then @file{@var{dir}} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
-Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
-@file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested successfully with smbd versions from
-Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 3 and OpenSUSE 11.x.
+Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS.
+QEMU was tested successfully with smbd versions from Red Hat 9,
+Fedora Core 3 and OpenSUSE 11.x.
@item hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[@var{hostaddr}]:@var{hostport}-[@var{guestaddr}]:@var{guestport}
Redirect incoming TCP or UDP connections to the host port @var{hostport} to
-net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
@end example
-@item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}] [,mcast=@var{maddr}:@var{port}]
+@item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,mcast=@var{maddr}:@var{port}[,localaddr=@var{addr}]]
Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
/path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
@end example
+Example (send packets from host's 1.2.3.4):
+@example
+qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
+ -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4
+@end example
+
@item -net vde[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,sock=@var{socketpath}] [,port=@var{n}][,group=@var{groupname}][,mode=@var{octalmode}]
Connect VLAN @var{n} to PORT @var{n} of a vde switch running on host and
listening for incoming connections on @var{socketpath}. Use GROUP @var{groupname}
"-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"
#endif
#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
"-chardev parport,id=id,path=path[,mux=on|off]\n"
+#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
+ "-chardev spicevmc,id=id,name=name[,debug=debug]\n"
#endif
, QEMU_ARCH_ALL
)
@option{stdio},
@option{braille},
@option{tty},
-@option{parport}.
+@option{parport},
+@option{spicevmc}.
The specific backend will determine the applicable options.
All devices must have an id, which can be any string up to 127 characters long.
@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}
@option{path} specifies the path to the parallel port device. @option{path} is
required.
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPICE)
+@item -chardev spicevmc ,id=@var{id} ,debug=@var{debug}, name=@var{name}
+
+@option{debug} debug level for spicevmc
+
+@option{name} name of spice channel to connect to
+
+Connect to a spice virtual machine channel, such as vdiport.
+#endif
+
@end table
ETEXI
Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
ETEXI
+DEF("D", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_D, \
+ "-D logfile output log to logfile (instead of the default /tmp/qemu.log)\n",
+ QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -D
+@findex -D
+Output log in logfile instead of /tmp/qemu.log
+ETEXI
+
DEF("hdachs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdachs, \
"-hdachs c,h,s[,t]\n" \
" force hard disk 0 physical geometry and the optional BIOS\n" \
@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
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