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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-06-26 16:55:20 +0100 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-06-26 16:55:20 +0100 |
commit | 3591ddd39987cbdaa0cfa344a262f315abd97582 (patch) | |
tree | 4adfc6f7c9ee3d650087d01f8732fe8d6bcca2c3 /docs/system/deprecated.rst | |
parent | 87fb952da83b223c82048a29aaf03680af1ea92f (diff) | |
parent | 730319aef0fcb94f11a4a2d32656437fdde7efdd (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)
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* 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"
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Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/system/deprecated.rst b/docs/system/deprecated.rst index 728233a8ff..843ae71fc6 100644 --- a/docs/system/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/system/deprecated.rst @@ -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. |