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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-06-26 16:55:20 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-06-26 16:55:20 +0100
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parent87fb952da83b223c82048a29aaf03680af1ea92f (diff)
parent730319aef0fcb94f11a4a2d32656437fdde7efdd (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/bonzini/tags/for-upstream' into staging
* Various fixes * libdaxctl support to correctly align devdax character devices (Jingqi) * initial-all-set support for live migration (Jay) * forbid '-numa node, mem' for 5.1 and newer machine types (Igor) * x87 fixes (Joseph) * Tighten memory_region_access_valid (Michael) and fix fallout (myself) * Replay fixes (Pavel) # gpg: Signature made Fri 26 Jun 2020 14:42:17 BST # gpg: using RSA key F13338574B662389866C7682BFFBD25F78C7AE83 # gpg: issuer "pbonzini@redhat.com" # gpg: Good signature from "Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 46F5 9FBD 57D6 12E7 BFD4 E2F7 7E15 100C CD36 69B1 # Subkey fingerprint: F133 3857 4B66 2389 866C 7682 BFFB D25F 78C7 AE83 * remotes/bonzini/tags/for-upstream: (31 commits) i386: Mask SVM features if nested SVM is disabled ibex_uart: fix XOR-as-pow vmport: move compat properties to hw_compat_5_0 hyperv: vmbus: Remove the 2nd IRQ kvm: i386: allow TSC to differ by NTP correction bounds without TSC scaling numa: forbid '-numa node, mem' for 5.1 and newer machine types osdep: Make MIN/MAX evaluate arguments only once target/i386: Add notes for versioned CPU models target/i386: reimplement fpatan using floatx80 operations target/i386: reimplement fyl2x using floatx80 operations target/i386: reimplement fyl2xp1 using floatx80 operations target/i386: reimplement fprem, fprem1 using floatx80 operations softfloat: return low bits of quotient from floatx80_modrem softfloat: do not set denominator high bit for floatx80 remainder softfloat: do not return pseudo-denormal from floatx80 remainder softfloat: fix floatx80 remainder pseudo-denormal check for zero softfloat: merge floatx80_mod and floatx80_rem target/i386: reimplement f2xm1 using floatx80 operations xen: Actually fix build without passthrough Makefile: Install qemu-[qmp/ga]-ref.* into the directory "interop" ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -95,23 +95,6 @@ error in the future.
The ``-realtime mlock=on|off`` argument has been replaced by the
``-overcommit mem-lock=on|off`` argument.
-``-numa node,mem=``\ *size* (since 4.1)
-'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
-
-The parameter ``mem`` of ``-numa node`` is used to assign a part of
-guest RAM to a NUMA node. But when using it, it's impossible to manage specified
-RAM chunk on the host side (like bind it to a host node, setting bind policy, ...),
-so guest end-ups with the fake NUMA configuration with suboptiomal performance.
-However since 2014 there is an alternative way to assign RAM to a NUMA node
-using parameter ``memdev``, which does the same as ``mem`` and adds
-means to actualy manage node RAM on the host side. Use parameter ``memdev``
-with *memory-backend-ram* backend as an replacement for parameter ``mem``
-to achieve the same fake NUMA effect or a properly configured
-*memory-backend-file* backend to actually benefit from NUMA configuration.
-In future new machine versions will not accept the option but it will still
-work with old machine types. User can check QAPI schema to see if the legacy
-option is supported by looking at MachineInfo::numa-mem-supported property.
-
``-numa`` node (without memory specified) (since 4.1)
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
@@ -553,3 +536,23 @@ long starting at 1MiB, the old command::
can be rewritten as::
qemu-nbd -t --image-opts driver=raw,offset=1M,size=100M,file.driver=qcow2,file.file.driver=file,file.file.filename=file.qcow2
+
+Command line options
+--------------------
+
+``-numa node,mem=``\ *size* (removed in 5.1)
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The parameter ``mem`` of ``-numa node`` was used to assign a part of
+guest RAM to a NUMA node. But when using it, it's impossible to manage a specified
+RAM chunk on the host side (like bind it to a host node, setting bind policy, ...),
+so the guest ends up with the fake NUMA configuration with suboptiomal performance.
+However since 2014 there is an alternative way to assign RAM to a NUMA node
+using parameter ``memdev``, which does the same as ``mem`` and adds
+means to actually manage node RAM on the host side. Use parameter ``memdev``
+with *memory-backend-ram* backend as replacement for parameter ``mem``
+to achieve the same fake NUMA effect or a properly configured
+*memory-backend-file* backend to actually benefit from NUMA configuration.
+New machine versions (since 5.1) will not accept the option but it will still
+work with old machine types. User can check the QAPI schema to see if the legacy
+option is supported by looking at MachineInfo::numa-mem-supported property.