From 80d6d5f9fca70c60779fa2900674e37b3ca2dc22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miroslav Rezanina Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:51:50 +0100 Subject: Use qemu-kvm in documentation instead of qemu-system-i386 Patchwork-id: 62380 O-Subject: [RHEV-7.1 qemu-kvm-rhev PATCHv4] Use qemu-kvm in documentation instead of qemu-system-i386 Bugzilla: 1140620 RH-Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek RH-Acked-by: Markus Armbruster RH-Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi From: Miroslav Rezanina Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140620 Brew: http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=8244724 We change the name and location of qemu-kvm binaries. Update documentation to reflect this change. Signed-off-by: Miroslav Rezanina --- qemu-doc.texi | 102 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- qemu-options.hx | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi index 79141d3..cba1e94 100644 --- a/qemu-doc.texi +++ b/qemu-doc.texi @@ -229,12 +229,12 @@ Note that, by default, GUS shares IRQ(7) with parallel ports and so QEMU must be told to not have parallel ports to have working GUS. @example -qemu-system-i386 dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none +qemu-kvm dos.img -soundhw gus -parallel none @end example Alternatively: @example -qemu-system-i386 dos.img -device gus,irq=5 +qemu-kvm dos.img -device gus,irq=5 @end example Or some other unclaimed IRQ. @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products Download and uncompress the linux image (@file{linux.img}) and type: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img +qemu-kvm linux.img @end example Linux should boot and give you a prompt. @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Linux should boot and give you a prompt. @example @c man begin SYNOPSIS -@command{qemu-system-i386} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}] +@command{qemu-kvm} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}] @c man end @end example @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ QEMU can automatically create a virtual FAT disk image from a directory tree. In order to use it, just type: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory +qemu-kvm linux.img -hdb fat:/my_directory @end example Then you access access to all the files in the @file{/my_directory} @@ -826,14 +826,14 @@ them via SAMBA or NFS. The default access is @emph{read-only}. Floppies can be emulated with the @code{:floppy:} option: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory +qemu-kvm linux.img -fda fat:floppy:/my_directory @end example A read/write support is available for testing (beta stage) with the @code{:rw:} option: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory +qemu-kvm linux.img -fda fat:floppy:rw:/my_directory @end example What you should @emph{never} do: @@ -851,14 +851,14 @@ QEMU can access directly to block device exported using the Network Block Device protocol. @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd://my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024/ +qemu-kvm linux.img -hdb nbd://my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024/ @end example If the NBD server is located on the same host, you can use an unix socket instead of an inet socket: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket +qemu-kvm linux.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket @end example In this case, the block device must be exported using qemu-nbd: @@ -875,23 +875,23 @@ qemu-nbd --socket=/tmp/my_socket --share=2 my_disk.qcow2 @noindent and then you can use it with two guests: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux1.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket -qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket +qemu-kvm linux1.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket +qemu-kvm linux2.img -hdb nbd+unix://?socket=/tmp/my_socket @end example If the nbd-server uses named exports (supported since NBD 2.9.18, or with QEMU's own embedded NBD server), you must specify an export name in the URI: @example -qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/debian-500-ppc-netinst -qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd://localhost/openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst +qemu-kvm -cdrom nbd://localhost/debian-500-ppc-netinst +qemu-kvm -cdrom nbd://localhost/openSUSE-11.1-ppc-netinst @end example The URI syntax for NBD is supported since QEMU 1.3. An alternative syntax is also available. Here are some example of the older syntax: @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024 -qemu-system-i386 linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket -qemu-system-i386 -cdrom nbd:localhost:10809:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst +qemu-kvm linux.img -hdb nbd:my_nbd_server.mydomain.org:1024 +qemu-kvm linux2.img -hdb nbd:unix:/tmp/my_socket +qemu-kvm -cdrom nbd:localhost:10809:exportname=debian-500-ppc-netinst @end example @node disk_images_sheepdog @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ qemu-img convert @var{filename} sheepdog:///@var{image} You can boot from the Sheepdog disk image with the command: @example -qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:///@var{image} +qemu-kvm sheepdog:///@var{image} @end example You can also create a snapshot of the Sheepdog image like qcow2. @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ where @var{tag} is a tag name of the newly created snapshot. To boot from the Sheepdog snapshot, specify the tag name of the snapshot. @example -qemu-system-i386 sheepdog:///@var{image}#@var{tag} +qemu-kvm sheepdog:///@var{image}#@var{tag} @end example You can create a cloned image from the existing snapshot. @@ -941,14 +941,14 @@ is its tag name. You can use an unix socket instead of an inet socket: @example -qemu-system-i386 sheepdog+unix:///@var{image}?socket=@var{path} +qemu-kvm sheepdog+unix:///@var{image}?socket=@var{path} @end example If the Sheepdog daemon doesn't run on the local host, you need to specify one of the Sheepdog servers to connect to. @example qemu-img create sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image} @var{size} -qemu-system-i386 sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image} +qemu-kvm sheepdog://@var{hostname}:@var{port}/@var{image} @end example @node disk_images_iscsi @@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ Various session related parameters can be set via special options, either in a configuration file provided via '-readconfig' or directly on the command line. -If the initiator-name is not specified qemu will use a default name +If the initiator-name is not specified qemu-kvm will use a default name of 'iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm[:'] where is the name of the virtual machine. @@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ cat >iscsi.conf < using POSIX shm, you may specify a memory backend that has hugepage support: @example -qemu-system-x86_64 -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1 +qemu-kvm -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1 -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=mb1 @end example @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ kernel testing. The syntax is: @example -qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda" +qemu-kvm -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img -append "root=/dev/hda" @end example Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and @@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ If you do not need graphical output, you can disable it and redirect the virtual serial port and the QEMU monitor to the console with the @option{-nographic} option. The typical command line is: @example -qemu-system-i386 -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \ +qemu-kvm -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \ -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic @end example @@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols. @var{options} specifies NIC options as with @code{-net nic,}@var{options} (see description). For instance, user-mode networking can be used with @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0 +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -net user,vlan=0 -usbdevice net:vlan=0 @end example Currently this cannot be used in machines that support PCI NICs. @item bt[:@var{hci-type}] @@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ no type is given, the HCI logic corresponds to @code{-bt hci,vlan=0}. This USB device implements the USB Transport Layer of HCI. Example usage: @example -@command{qemu-system-i386} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice} bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3 +@command{qemu-kvm} [...@var{OPTIONS}...] @option{-usbdevice} bt:hci,vlan=3 @option{-bt} device:keyboard,vlan=3 @end example @end table @@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ For this setup it is recommended to restrict it to listen on a UNIX domain socket only. For example @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc unix:/home/joebloggs/.qemu-myvm-vnc @end example This ensures that only users on local box with read/write access to that @@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ is running the password is set with the monitor. Until the monitor is used to set the password all clients will be rejected. @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio (qemu) change vnc password Password: ******** (qemu) @@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ support provides a secure session, but no authentication. This allows any client to connect, and provides an encrypted session. @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio @end example In the above example @code{/etc/pki/qemu} should contain at least three files, @@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ then validate against the CA certificate. This is a good choice if deploying in an environment with a private internal certificate authority. @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio @end example @@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ Finally, the previous method can be combined with VNC password authentication to provide two layers of authentication for clients. @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,password,tls,x509verify=/etc/pki/qemu -monitor stdio (qemu) change vnc password Password: ******** (qemu) @@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ used for authentication, but assuming use of one supporting SSF, then QEMU can be launched with: @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,sasl -monitor stdio @end example @node vnc_sec_certificate_sasl @@ -1601,7 +1601,7 @@ credentials. This can be enabled, by combining the 'sasl' option with the aforementioned TLS + x509 options: @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -vnc :1,tls,x509,sasl -monitor stdio @end example @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a gdb connection: @example -qemu-system-i386 -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \ +qemu-kvm -s -kernel arch/i386/boot/bzImage -hda root-2.4.20.img \ -append "root=/dev/hda" Connected to host network interface: tun0 Waiting gdb connection on port 1234 @@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ differences are mentioned in the following sections. @section PowerPC System emulator @cindex system emulation (PowerPC) -Use the executable @file{qemu-system-ppc} to simulate a complete PREP +Use the executable @file{qemu-kvm} to simulate a complete PREP or PowerMac PowerPC system. QEMU emulates the following PowerMac peripherals: @@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ Set the initial VGA graphic mode. The default is 800x600x32. Set OpenBIOS variables in NVRAM, for example: @example -qemu-system-ppc -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \ +qemu-kvm -prom-env 'auto-boot?=false' \ -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:2,\yaboot' \ -prom-env 'boot-args=conf=hd:2,\yaboot.conf' @end example diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 7068a51..0f90bd8 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ This option defines a free-form string that can be used to describe @var{fd}. You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set: @example -qemu-system-i386 +qemu-kvm -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ STEXI Set default value of @var{driver}'s property @var{prop} to @var{value}, e.g.: @example -qemu-system-i386 -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=0,media=disk +qemu-kvm -global ide-drive.physical_block_size=4096 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=0,media=disk @end example In particular, you can use this to set driver properties for devices which are @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ the recommended is 320x240, 640x480, 800x640. A timeout could be passed to bios, guest will pause for @var{rb_timeout} ms when boot failed, then reboot. If @var{rb_timeout} is '-1', guest will not -reboot, qemu passes '-1' to bios by default. Currently Seabios for X86 +reboot, qemu-kvm passes '-1' to bios by default. Currently Seabios for X86 system support it. Do strict boot via @option{strict=on} as far as firmware/BIOS @@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ bootindex options. The default is non-strict boot. @example # try to boot from network first, then from hard disk -qemu-system-i386 -boot order=nc +qemu-kvm -boot order=nc # boot from CD-ROM first, switch back to default order after reboot -qemu-system-i386 -boot once=d +qemu-kvm -boot once=d # boot with a splash picture for 5 seconds. -qemu-system-i386 -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000 +qemu-kvm -boot menu=on,splash=/root/boot.bmp,splash-time=5000 @end example Note: The legacy format '-boot @var{drives}' is still supported but its @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ For example, the following command-line sets the guest startup RAM size to memory the guest can reach to 4GB: @example -qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G +qemu-kvm -m 1G,slots=3,maxmem=4G @end example If @var{slots} and @var{maxmem} are not specified, memory hotplug won't @@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use 'help' to print all available sound hardware. @example -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw es1370 disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw ac97 disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw hda disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw all disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -soundhw help +qemu-kvm -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img +qemu-kvm -soundhw es1370 disk.img +qemu-kvm -soundhw ac97 disk.img +qemu-kvm -soundhw hda disk.img +qemu-kvm -soundhw all disk.img +qemu-kvm -soundhw help @end example Note that Linux's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might @@ -628,21 +628,21 @@ is off. Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom @end example Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you can use: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk @end example You can open an image using pre-opened file descriptors from an fd set: @example -qemu-system-i386 +qemu-kvm -add-fd fd=3,set=2,opaque="rdwr:/path/to/file" -add-fd fd=4,set=2,opaque="rdonly:/path/to/file" -drive file=/dev/fdset/2,index=0,media=disk @@ -650,33 +650,33 @@ qemu-system-i386 You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom @end example If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom +qemu-kvm -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom @end example You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6 +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6 @end example Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy +qemu-kvm -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy @end example By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically incremented: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=a -drive file=b" +qemu-kvm -drive file=a -drive file=b" @end example is interpreted like: @example -qemu-system-i386 -hda a -hdb b +qemu-kvm -hda a -hdb b @end example ETEXI @@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ can not be resolved. Example: @example -qemu -net user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org [...] +qemu-kvm -net user,dnssearch=mgmt.example.org,dnssearch=example.org [...] @end example @item tftp=@var{dir} @@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ a guest from a local directory. Example (using pxelinux): @example -qemu-system-i386 -hda linux.img -boot n -net user,tftp=/path/to/tftp/files,bootfile=/pxelinux.0 +qemu-kvm -hda linux.img -boot n -net user,tftp=/path/to/tftp/files,bootfile=/pxelinux.0 @end example @item smb=@var{dir}[,smbserver=@var{addr}] @@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ screen 0, use the following: @example # on the host -qemu-system-i386 -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000 [...] +qemu-kvm -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000 [...] # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server xterm -display :1 @end example @@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ the guest, use the following: @example # on the host -qemu-system-i386 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23 [...] +qemu-kvm -net user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:23 [...] telnet localhost 5555 @end example @@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ lifetime, like in the following example: @example # open 10.10.1.1:4321 on bootup, connect 10.0.2.100:1234 to it whenever # the guest accesses it -qemu -net user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321 [...] +qemu-kvm -net user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321 [...] @end example Or you can execute a command on every TCP connection established by the guest, @@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ so that QEMU behaves similar to an inetd process for that virtual server: @example # call "netcat 10.10.1.1 4321" on every TCP connection to 10.0.2.100:1234 # and connect the TCP stream to its stdin/stdout -qemu -net 'user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321' +qemu-kvm -net 'user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321' @end example @end table @@ -1871,13 +1871,13 @@ Examples: @example #launch a QEMU instance with the default network script -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -net nic -net tap +qemu-kvm linux.img -net nic -net tap @end example @example #launch a QEMU instance with two NICs, each one connected #to a TAP device -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \ -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1 @end example @@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ @example #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to #connect a TAP device to bridge br0 -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic -net tap,"helper=/path/to/qemu-bridge-helper" @end example @@ -1903,13 +1903,13 @@ Examples: @example #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to #connect a TAP device to bridge br0 -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -net bridge -net nic,model=virtio +qemu-kvm linux.img -net bridge -net nic,model=virtio @end example @example #launch a QEMU instance with the default network helper to #connect a TAP device to bridge qemubr0 -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -net bridge,br=qemubr0 -net nic,model=virtio +qemu-kvm linux.img -net bridge,br=qemubr0 -net nic,model=virtio @end example @item -netdev socket,id=@var{id}[,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}] @@ -1925,12 +1925,12 @@ specifies an already opened TCP socket. Example: @example # launch a first QEMU instance -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \ -net socket,listen=:1234 # connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0 # of the first instance -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \ -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234 @end example @@ -1956,15 +1956,15 @@ Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket. Example: @example # launch one QEMU instance -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \ -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234 # launch another QEMU instance on same "bus" -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \ -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234 # launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus" -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \ -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234 @end example @@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ Example (User Mode Linux compat.): @example # launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected # is UML's default) -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \ -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102 # launch UML @@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ Example (send packets from host's 1.2.3.4): @example -qemu-system-i386 linux.img \ +qemu-kvm linux.img \ -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \ -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102,localaddr=1.2.3.4 @end example @@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ brctl addif br-lan vmtunnel0 # on 4.3.2.1 # launch QEMU instance - if your network has reorder or is very lossy add ,pincounter -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -net nic -net l2tpv3,src=4.2.3.1,dst=1.2.3.4,udp,srcport=16384,dstport=16384,rxsession=0xffffffff,txsession=0xffffffff,counter +qemu-kvm linux.img -net nic -net l2tpv3,src=4.2.3.1,dst=1.2.3.4,udp,srcport=16384,dstport=16384,rxsession=0xffffffff,txsession=0xffffffff,counter @end example @@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ Example: # launch vde switch vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch # launch QEMU instance -qemu-system-i386 linux.img -net nic -net vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch +qemu-kvm linux.img -net nic -net vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch @end example @item -netdev hubport,id=@var{id},hubid=@var{hubid} @@ -2081,11 +2081,11 @@ be created for multiqueue vhost-user. Example: @example -qemu -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,share=on \ - -numa node,memdev=mem \ - -chardev socket,path=/path/to/socket \ - -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net0,chardev=chr0 \ - -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 +qemu-kvm -m 512 -object memory-backend-file,id=mem,size=512M,mem-path=/hugetlbfs,share=on \ + -numa node,memdev=mem \ + -chardev socket,path=/path/to/socket \ + -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net0,chardev=chr0 \ + -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 @end example @item -net dump[,vlan=@var{n}][,file=@var{file}][,len=@var{len}] @@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ images for the guest storage. Both disk and cdrom images are supported. Syntax for specifying iSCSI LUNs is ``iscsi://[:]//'' -By default qemu will use the iSCSI initiator-name +By default qemu-kvm will use the iSCSI initiator-name 'iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm[:]' but this can also be set from the command line or a configuration file. @@ -2463,21 +2463,21 @@ is specified in seconds. The default is 0 which means no timeout. Libiscsi Example (without authentication): @example -qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator \ +qemu-kvm -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2001-04.com.example:my-initiator \ -cdrom iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/2 \ -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 @end example Example (CHAP username/password via URL): @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 +qemu-kvm -drive file=iscsi://user%password@@192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 @end example Example (CHAP username/password via environment variables): @example LIBISCSI_CHAP_USERNAME="user" \ LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD="password" \ -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 +qemu-kvm -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1 @end example iSCSI support is an optional feature of QEMU and only available when @@ -2507,12 +2507,12 @@ Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets Example for TCP @example -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000 +qemu-kvm --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000 @end example Example for Unix Domain Sockets @example -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket +qemu-kvm --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket @end example @item SSH @@ -2520,8 +2520,8 @@ QEMU supports SSH (Secure Shell) access to remote disks. Examples: @example -qemu-system-i386 -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img -qemu-system-i386 -drive file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img +qemu-kvm -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img +qemu-kvm -drive file.driver=ssh,file.user=user,file.host=host,file.port=22,file.path=/path/to/disk.img @end example Currently authentication must be done using ssh-agent. Other @@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ sheepdog[+tcp|+unix]://[host:port]/vdiname[?socket=path][#snapid|#tag] Example @example -qemu-system-i386 --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine +qemu-kvm --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine @end example See also @url{http://http://www.osrg.net/sheepdog/}. @@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ gluster[+transport]://[server[:port]]/volname/image[?socket=...] Example @example -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img +qemu-kvm --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img @end example See also @url{http://www.gluster.org}. @@ -2614,14 +2614,14 @@ that CURL waits for a response from the remote server to get the size of the image to be downloaded. If not set, the default timeout of 5 seconds is used. @end table -Note that when passing options to qemu explicitly, @option{driver} is the value +Note that when passing options to qemu-kvm explicitly, @option{driver} is the value of . Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 live ISO image @example -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly +qemu-kvm --drive media=cdrom,file=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly -qemu-system-x86_64 --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly +qemu-kvm --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly @end example Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 cloud image using a local overlay for @@ -2629,7 +2629,7 @@ writes, copy-on-read, and a readahead of 64k @example qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"http",, "file.url":"https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/20/Images/x86_64/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2",, "file.readahead":"64k"@}' /tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2 -qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on +qemu-kvm -drive file=/tmp/Fedora-x86_64-20-20131211.1-sda.qcow2,copy-on-read=on @end example Example: boot from an image stored on a VMware vSphere server with a self-signed @@ -2638,7 +2638,7 @@ of 10 seconds. @example qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"https",, "file.url":"https://user:password@@vsphere.example.com/folder/test/test-flat.vmdk?dcPath=Datacenter&dsName=datastore1",, "file.sslverify":"off",, "file.readahead":"64k",, "file.timeout":10@}' /tmp/test.qcow2 -qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2 +qemu-kvm -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2 @end example ETEXI @@ -2702,7 +2702,7 @@ and communicate. Requires the Linux @code{vhci} driver installed. Can be used as following: @example -qemu-system-i386 [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5 +qemu-kvm [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5 @end example @item -bt device:@var{dev}[,vlan=@var{n}] @@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ Options to each backend are described below. Use 'help' to print all available TPM backend types. @example -qemu -tpmdev help +qemu-kvm -tpmdev help @end example @item -tpmdev passthrough, id=@var{id}, path=@var{path}, cancel-path=@var{cancel-path} @@ -3116,14 +3116,14 @@ ETEXI DEF("realtime", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_realtime, "-realtime [mlock=on|off]\n" - " run qemu with realtime features\n" + " run qemu-kvm with realtime features\n" " mlock=on|off controls mlock support (default: on)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL) STEXI @item -realtime mlock=on|off @findex -realtime -Run qemu with realtime features. -mlocking qemu and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mlock=on} +Run qemu-kvm with realtime features. +mlocking qemu-kvm and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mlock=on} (enabled by default). ETEXI @@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ connections will likely be TCP-based, but also UDP, pseudo TTY, or even stdio are reasonable use case. The latter is allowing to start QEMU from within gdb and establish the connection via a pipe: @example -(gdb) target remote | exec qemu-system-i386 -gdb stdio ... +(gdb) target remote | exec qemu-kvm -gdb stdio ... @end example ETEXI -- 2.5.5