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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2011-10-15 13:43:48 +0200
committerJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2012-01-19 12:14:42 +0100
commit6a48ffaaa732b2142c1b5030178f2d4a0fa499fe (patch)
tree058814ffad495111eb1e47a03127d9aa149429cb
parenta39c1d47ac970312333bb93456e249e965315490 (diff)
kvm: Activate in-kernel irqchip support
Make the basic in-kernel irqchip support selectable via -machine ...,kernel_irqchip=on. Leave it off by default until it can fully replace user space models. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
-rw-r--r--qemu-config.c4
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index ecc88e8d40..b030205e23 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
.name = "accel",
.type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
.help = "accelerator list",
+ }, {
+ .name = "kernel_irqchip",
+ .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+ .help = "use KVM in-kernel irqchip",
},
{ /* End of list */ }
},
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 6295cde351..3a07ae8231 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ 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",
+ " supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n"
+ " kernel_irqchip=on|off controls accelerated irqchip support\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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@item -machine [type=]@var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ 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.
+@item kernel_irqchip=on|off
+Enables in-kernel irqchip support for the chosen accelerator when available.
@end table
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