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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2015-06-08 15:57:41 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2015-06-08 15:57:41 +0100
commitee09f84e6bf5383a23c9624115c26b72aa1e076c (patch)
tree49fe5c021ca71f8be8fc6ae630d4792c5b8b9354 /qemu-options.hx
parent2e29dd7c44db30e3d3c108ab2a622cbdac6d16f0 (diff)
parent24a314269281a175b5540b3b6a8981ed2e8220e1 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/bonzini/tags/for-upstream' into staging
* KVM error improvement from Laurent * CONFIG_PARALLEL fix from Mirek * Atomic/optimized dirty bitmap access from myself and Stefan * BUILD_DIR convenience/bugfix from Peter C * Memory leak fix from Shannon * SMM improvements (though still TCG only) from myself and Gerd, acked by mst # gpg: Signature made Fri Jun 5 18:45:20 2015 BST using RSA key ID 78C7AE83 # gpg: Good signature from "Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>" # gpg: aka "Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>" # gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with sufficiently trusted signatures! # gpg: It is not certain that the signature belongs to the owner. # 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: (62 commits) update Linux headers from kvm/next atomics: add explicit compiler fence in __atomic memory barriers ich9: implement SMI_LOCK q35: implement TSEG q35: add test for SMRAM.D_LCK q35: implement SMRAM.D_LCK q35: add config space wmask for SMRAM and ESMRAMC q35: fix ESMRAMC default q35: implement high SMRAM hw/i386: remove smram_update target-i386: use memory API to implement SMRAM hw/i386: add a separate region that tracks the SMRAME bit target-i386: create a separate AddressSpace for each CPU vl: run "late" notifiers immediately qom: add object_property_add_const_link vl: allow full-blown QemuOpts syntax for -global pflash_cfi01: add secure property pflash_cfi01: change to new-style MMIO accessors pflash_cfi01: change big-endian property to BIT type target-i386: wake up processors that receive an SMI ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 5eaba11cbc..4be98f71df 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -171,11 +171,13 @@ Set parameter @var{arg} for item @var{id} of type @var{group}\n"
ETEXI
DEF("global", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_global,
- "-global driver.prop=value\n"
+ "-global driver.property=value\n"
+ "-global driver=driver,property=property,value=value\n"
" set a global default for a driver property\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -global @var{driver}.@var{prop}=@var{value}
+@itemx -global driver=@var{driver},property=@var{property},value=@var{value}
@findex -global
Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.:
@@ -186,6 +188,9 @@ qemu-system-i386 -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive file=file,if=
In particular, you can use this to set driver properties for devices which are
created automatically by the machine model. To create a device which is not
created automatically and set properties on it, use -@option{device}.
+
+The two syntaxes are equivalent. The longer one works for drivers whose name
+contains a dot.
ETEXI
DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
@@ -3099,9 +3104,10 @@ re-inject them.
ETEXI
DEF("icount", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_icount, \
- "-icount [shift=N|auto][,align=on|off]\n" \
+ "-icount [shift=N|auto][,align=on|off][,sleep=no]\n" \
" enable virtual instruction counter with 2^N clock ticks per\n" \
- " instruction and enable aligning the host and virtual clocks\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ " 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]
@findex -icount
@@ -3110,6 +3116,13 @@ instruction every 2^@var{N} ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
time within a few seconds of real time.
+When the virtual cpu is sleeping, the virtual time will advance at default
+speed unless @option{sleep=no} is specified.
+With @option{sleep=no}, the virtual time will jump to the next timer deadline
+instantly whenever the virtual cpu goes to sleep mode and will not advance
+if no timer is enabled. This behavior give deterministic execution times from
+the guest point of view.
+
Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions