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"
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
" [,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.
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.
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 a user space distributed file system.
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:
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
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