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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 99ed5ec5f1..83aa59a920 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -98,28 +98,32 @@ SRST Enables or disables ACPI Heterogeneous Memory Attribute Table (HMAT) support. The default is off. - ``memory-backend='id'`` + ``memory-backend='id'`` An alternative to legacy ``-mem-path`` and ``mem-prealloc`` options. Allows to use a memory backend as main RAM. For example: :: - -object memory-backend-file,id=pc.ram,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,prealloc=on,share=on - -machine memory-backend=pc.ram - -m 512M + + -object memory-backend-file,id=pc.ram,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,prealloc=on,share=on + -machine memory-backend=pc.ram + -m 512M Migration compatibility note: - a) as backend id one shall use value of 'default-ram-id', advertised by - machine type (available via ``query-machines`` QMP command), if migration - to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected. - b) for machine types 4.0 and older, user shall - use ``x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off`` backend option - if migration to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected. + + * as backend id one shall use value of 'default-ram-id', advertised by + machine type (available via ``query-machines`` QMP command), if migration + to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected. + * for machine types 4.0 and older, user shall + use ``x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off`` backend option + if migration to/from old QEMU (<5.0) is expected. + For example: :: - -object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=512M,x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off - -machine memory-backend=pc.ram - -m 512M + + -object memory-backend-ram,id=pc.ram,size=512M,x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id=off + -machine memory-backend=pc.ram + -m 512M ERST HXCOMM Deprecated by -machine |