docs: Remove old texinfo sources

We can now delete the old .texi files, which we have been keeping in
the tree as a parallel set of documentation to the new rST sources.
The only remaining use of Texinfo is the autogenerated manuals
and HTML documents created from the QAPI JSON doc comments.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kchamart@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Message-id: 20200228153619.9906-33-peter.maydell@linaro.org
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@node Supported build platforms
@appendix Supported build platforms
QEMU aims to support building and executing on multiple host OS platforms.
This appendix outlines which platforms are the major build targets. These
platforms are used as the basis for deciding upon the minimum required
versions of 3rd party software QEMU depends on. The supported platforms
are the targets for automated testing performed by the project when patches
are submitted for review, and tested before and after merge.
If a platform is not listed here, it does not imply that QEMU won't work.
If an unlisted platform has comparable software versions to a listed platform,
there is every expectation that it will work. Bug reports are welcome for
problems encountered on unlisted platforms unless they are clearly older
vintage than what is described here.
Note that when considering software versions shipped in distros as support
targets, QEMU considers only the version number, and assumes the features in
that distro match the upstream release with the same version. In other words,
if a distro backports extra features to the software in their distro, QEMU
upstream code will not add explicit support for those backports, unless the
feature is auto-detectable in a manner that works for the upstream releases
too.
The Repology site @url{https://repology.org} is a useful resource to identify
currently shipped versions of software in various operating systems, though
it does not cover all distros listed below.
@section Linux OS
For distributions with frequent, short-lifetime releases, the project will
aim to support all versions that are not end of life by their respective
vendors. For the purposes of identifying supported software versions, the
project will look at Fedora, Ubuntu, and openSUSE distros. Other short-
lifetime distros will be assumed to ship similar software versions.
For distributions with long-lifetime releases, the project will aim to support
the most recent major version at all times. Support for the previous major
version will be dropped 2 years after the new major version is released,
or when it reaches ``end of life''. For the purposes of identifying
supported software versions, the project will look at RHEL, Debian,
Ubuntu LTS, and SLES distros. Other long-lifetime distros will be
assumed to ship similar software versions.
@section Windows
The project supports building with current versions of the MinGW toolchain,
hosted on Linux.
@section macOS
The project supports building with the two most recent versions of macOS, with
the current homebrew package set available.
@section FreeBSD
The project aims to support the all the versions which are not end of life.
@section NetBSD
The project aims to support the most recent major version at all times. Support
for the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new major
version is released.
@section OpenBSD
The project aims to support the all the versions which are not end of life.
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@node recommendations_cpu_models_MIPS
@section Supported CPU model configurations on MIPS hosts
QEMU supports variety of MIPS CPU models:
@menu
* cpu_models_MIPS32:: Supported CPU models for MIPS32 hosts
* cpu_models_MIPS64:: Supported CPU models for MIPS64 hosts
* cpu_models_nanoMIPS:: Supported CPU models for nanoMIPS hosts
* preferred_cpu_models_MIPS:: Preferred CPU models for MIPS hosts
@end menu
@node cpu_models_MIPS32
@subsection Supported CPU models for MIPS32 hosts
The following CPU models are supported for use on MIPS32 hosts. Administrators /
applications are recommended to use the CPU model that matches the generation
of the host CPUs in use. In a deployment with a mixture of host CPU models
between machines, if live migration compatibility is required, use the newest
CPU model that is compatible across all desired hosts.
@table @option
@item @code{mips32r6-generic}
MIPS32 Processor (Release 6, 2015)
@item @code{P5600}
MIPS32 Processor (P5600, 2014)
@item @code{M14K}
@item @code{M14Kc}
MIPS32 Processor (M14K, 2009)
@item @code{74Kf}
MIPS32 Processor (74K, 2007)
@item @code{34Kf}
MIPS32 Processor (34K, 2006)
@item @code{24Kc}
@item @code{24KEc}
@item @code{24Kf}
MIPS32 Processor (24K, 2003)
@item @code{4Kc}
@item @code{4Km}
@item @code{4KEcR1}
@item @code{4KEmR1}
@item @code{4KEc}
@item @code{4KEm}
MIPS32 Processor (4K, 1999)
@end table
@node cpu_models_MIPS64
@subsection Supported CPU models for MIPS64 hosts
The following CPU models are supported for use on MIPS64 hosts. Administrators /
applications are recommended to use the CPU model that matches the generation
of the host CPUs in use. In a deployment with a mixture of host CPU models
between machines, if live migration compatibility is required, use the newest
CPU model that is compatible across all desired hosts.
@table @option
@item @code{I6400}
MIPS64 Processor (Release 6, 2014)
@item @code{Loongson-2F}
MIPS64 Processor (Loongson 2, 2008)
@item @code{Loongson-2E}
MIPS64 Processor (Loongson 2, 2006)
@item @code{mips64dspr2}
MIPS64 Processor (Release 2, 2006)
@item @code{MIPS64R2-generic}
@item @code{5KEc}
@item @code{5KEf}
MIPS64 Processor (Release 2, 2002)
@item @code{20Kc}
MIPS64 Processor (20K, 2000)
@item @code{5Kc}
@item @code{5Kf}
MIPS64 Processor (5K, 1999)
@item @code{VR5432}
MIPS64 Processor (VR, 1998)
@item @code{R4000}
MIPS64 Processor (MIPS III, 1991)
@end table
@node cpu_models_nanoMIPS
@subsection Supported CPU models for nanoMIPS hosts
The following CPU models are supported for use on nanoMIPS hosts. Administrators /
applications are recommended to use the CPU model that matches the generation
of the host CPUs in use. In a deployment with a mixture of host CPU models
between machines, if live migration compatibility is required, use the newest
CPU model that is compatible across all desired hosts.
@table @option
@item @code{I7200}
MIPS I7200 (nanoMIPS, 2018)
@end table
@node preferred_cpu_models_MIPS
@subsection Preferred CPU models for MIPS hosts
The following CPU models are preferred for use on different MIPS hosts:
@table @option
@item @code{MIPS III}
R4000
@item @code{MIPS32R2}
34Kf
@item @code{MIPS64R6}
I6400
@item @code{nanoMIPS}
I7200
@end table
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@node cpu_models_x86
@section Recommendations for KVM CPU model configuration on x86 hosts
QEMU / KVM virtualization supports two ways to configure CPU models
@table @option
@item Host passthrough
This passes the host CPU model features, model, stepping, exactly to the
guest. Note that KVM may filter out some host CPU model features if they
cannot be supported with virtualization. Live migration is unsafe when
this mode is used as libvirt / QEMU cannot guarantee a stable CPU is
exposed to the guest across hosts. This is the recommended CPU to use,
provided live migration is not required.
@item Named model
QEMU comes with a number of predefined named CPU models, that typically
refer to specific generations of hardware released by Intel and AMD.
These allow the guest VMs to have a degree of isolation from the host CPU,
allowing greater flexibility in live migrating between hosts with differing
hardware.
@end table
In both cases, it is possible to optionally add or remove individual CPU
features, to alter what is presented to the guest by default.
Libvirt supports a third way to configure CPU models known as "Host model".
This uses the QEMU "Named model" feature, automatically picking a CPU model
that is similar the host CPU, and then adding extra features to approximate
the host model as closely as possible. This does not guarantee the CPU family,
stepping, etc will precisely match the host CPU, as they would with "Host
passthrough", but gives much of the benefit of passthrough, while making
live migration safe.
The information that follows provides recommendations for configuring
CPU models on x86 hosts. The goals are to maximise performance, while
protecting guest OS against various CPU hardware flaws, and optionally
enabling live migration between hosts with heterogeneous CPU models.
@menu
* preferred_cpu_models_intel_x86:: Preferred CPU models for Intel x86 hosts
* important_cpu_features_intel_x86:: Important CPU features for Intel x86 hosts
* preferred_cpu_models_amd_x86:: Preferred CPU models for AMD x86 hosts
* important_cpu_features_amd_x86:: Important CPU features for AMD x86 hosts
* default_cpu_models_x86:: Default x86 CPU models
* other_non_recommended_cpu_models_x86:: Other non-recommended x86 CPUs
* cpu_model_syntax_apps:: Syntax for configuring CPU models
@end menu
@node preferred_cpu_models_intel_x86
@subsection Preferred CPU models for Intel x86 hosts
The following CPU models are preferred for use on Intel hosts. Administrators /
applications are recommended to use the CPU model that matches the generation
of the host CPUs in use. In a deployment with a mixture of host CPU models
between machines, if live migration compatibility is required, use the newest
CPU model that is compatible across all desired hosts.
@table @option
@item @code{Skylake-Server}
@item @code{Skylake-Server-IBRS}
Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, 2016)
@item @code{Skylake-Client}
@item @code{Skylake-Client-IBRS}
Intel Core Processor (Skylake, 2015)
@item @code{Broadwell}
@item @code{Broadwell-IBRS}
@item @code{Broadwell-noTSX}
@item @code{Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS}
Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, 2014)
@item @code{Haswell}
@item @code{Haswell-IBRS}
@item @code{Haswell-noTSX}
@item @code{Haswell-noTSX-IBRS}
Intel Core Processor (Haswell, 2013)
@item @code{IvyBridge}
@item @code{IvyBridge-IBRS}
Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, 2012)
@item @code{SandyBridge}
@item @code{SandyBridge-IBRS}
Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge, 2011)
@item @code{Westmere}
@item @code{Westmere-IBRS}
Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C, 2010)
@item @code{Nehalem}
@item @code{Nehalem-IBRS}
Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7, 2008)
@item @code{Penryn}
Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2, 2007)
@item @code{Conroe}
Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2, 2006)
@end table
@node important_cpu_features_intel_x86
@subsection Important CPU features for Intel x86 hosts
The following are important CPU features that should be used on Intel x86
hosts, when available in the host CPU. Some of them require explicit
configuration to enable, as they are not included by default in some, or all,
of the named CPU models listed above. In general all of these features are
included if using "Host passthrough" or "Host model".
@table @option
@item @code{pcid}
Recommended to mitigate the cost of the Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) fix
Included by default in Haswell, Broadwell & Skylake Intel CPU models.
Should be explicitly turned on for Westmere, SandyBridge, and IvyBridge
Intel CPU models. Note that some desktop/mobile Westmere CPUs cannot
support this feature.
@item @code{spec-ctrl}
Required to enable the Spectre v2 (CVE-2017-5715) fix.
Included by default in Intel CPU models with -IBRS suffix.
Must be explicitly turned on for Intel CPU models without -IBRS suffix.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@item @code{stibp}
Required to enable stronger Spectre v2 (CVE-2017-5715) fixes in some
operating systems.
Must be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@item @code{ssbd}
Required to enable the CVE-2018-3639 fix
Not included by default in any Intel CPU model.
Must be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@item @code{pdpe1gb}
Recommended to allow guest OS to use 1GB size pages
Not included by default in any Intel CPU model.
Should be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
Note that not all CPU hardware will support this feature.
@item @code{md-clear}
Required to confirm the MDS (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130,
CVE-2019-11091) fixes.
Not included by default in any Intel CPU model.
Must be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@end table
@node preferred_cpu_models_amd_x86
@subsection Preferred CPU models for AMD x86 hosts
The following CPU models are preferred for use on Intel hosts. Administrators /
applications are recommended to use the CPU model that matches the generation
of the host CPUs in use. In a deployment with a mixture of host CPU models
between machines, if live migration compatibility is required, use the newest
CPU model that is compatible across all desired hosts.
@table @option
@item @code{EPYC}
@item @code{EPYC-IBPB}
AMD EPYC Processor (2017)
@item @code{Opteron_G5}
AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU (2012)
@item @code{Opteron_G4}
AMD Opteron 62xx class CPU (2011)
@item @code{Opteron_G3}
AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron, 2009)
@item @code{Opteron_G2}
AMD Opteron 22xx (Gen 2 Class Opteron, 2006)
@item @code{Opteron_G1}
AMD Opteron 240 (Gen 1 Class Opteron, 2004)
@end table
@node important_cpu_features_amd_x86
@subsection Important CPU features for AMD x86 hosts
The following are important CPU features that should be used on AMD x86
hosts, when available in the host CPU. Some of them require explicit
configuration to enable, as they are not included by default in some, or all,
of the named CPU models listed above. In general all of these features are
included if using "Host passthrough" or "Host model".
@table @option
@item @code{ibpb}
Required to enable the Spectre v2 (CVE-2017-5715) fix.
Included by default in AMD CPU models with -IBPB suffix.
Must be explicitly turned on for AMD CPU models without -IBPB suffix.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@item @code{stibp}
Required to enable stronger Spectre v2 (CVE-2017-5715) fixes in some
operating systems.
Must be explicitly turned on for all AMD CPU models.
Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
can be used for guest CPUs.
@item @code{virt-ssbd}
Required to enable the CVE-2018-3639 fix
Not included by default in any AMD CPU model.
Must be explicitly turned on for all AMD CPU models.
This should be provided to guests, even if amd-ssbd is also
provided, for maximum guest compatibility.
Note for some QEMU / libvirt versions, this must be force enabled
when when using "Host model", because this is a virtual feature
that doesn't exist in the physical host CPUs.
@item @code{amd-ssbd}
Required to enable the CVE-2018-3639 fix
Not included by default in any AMD CPU model.
Must be explicitly turned on for all AMD CPU models.
This provides higher performance than virt-ssbd so should be
exposed to guests whenever available in the host. virt-ssbd
should none the less also be exposed for maximum guest
compatibility as some kernels only know about virt-ssbd.
@item @code{amd-no-ssb}
Recommended to indicate the host is not vulnerable CVE-2018-3639
Not included by default in any AMD CPU model.
Future hardware generations of CPU will not be vulnerable to
CVE-2018-3639, and thus the guest should be told not to enable
its mitigations, by exposing amd-no-ssb. This is mutually
exclusive with virt-ssbd and amd-ssbd.
@item @code{pdpe1gb}
Recommended to allow guest OS to use 1GB size pages
Not included by default in any AMD CPU model.
Should be explicitly turned on for all AMD CPU models.
Note that not all CPU hardware will support this feature.
@end table
@node default_cpu_models_x86
@subsection Default x86 CPU models
The default QEMU CPU models are designed such that they can run on all hosts.
If an application does not wish to do perform any host compatibility checks
before launching guests, the default is guaranteed to work.
The default CPU models will, however, leave the guest OS vulnerable to various
CPU hardware flaws, so their use is strongly discouraged. Applications should
follow the earlier guidance to setup a better CPU configuration, with host
passthrough recommended if live migration is not needed.
@table @option
@item @code{qemu32}
@item @code{qemu64}
QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+ (32 & 64 bit variants)
qemu64 is used for x86_64 guests and qemu32 is used for i686 guests, when no
-cpu argument is given to QEMU, or no <cpu> is provided in libvirt XML.
@end table
@node other_non_recommended_cpu_models_x86
@subsection Other non-recommended x86 CPUs
The following CPUs models are compatible with most AMD and Intel x86 hosts, but
their usage is discouraged, as they expose a very limited featureset, which
prevents guests having optimal performance.
@table @option
@item @code{kvm32}
@item @code{kvm64}
Common KVM processor (32 & 64 bit variants)
Legacy models just for historical compatibility with ancient QEMU versions.
@item @code{486}
@item @code{athlon}
@item @code{phenom}
@item @code{coreduo}
@item @code{core2duo}
@item @code{n270}
@item @code{pentium}
@item @code{pentium2}
@item @code{pentium3}
Various very old x86 CPU models, mostly predating the introduction of
hardware assisted virtualization, that should thus not be required for
running virtual machines.
@end table
@node cpu_model_syntax_apps
@subsection Syntax for configuring CPU models
The example below illustrate the approach to configuring the various
CPU models / features in QEMU and libvirt.
QEMU command line:
@table @option
@item Host passthrough
@example
$ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host
@end example
With feature customization:
@example
$ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu host,-vmx,...
@end example
@item Named CPU models
@example
$ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere
@end example
With feature customization:
@example
$ @value{qemu_system_x86} -cpu Westmere,+pcid,...
@end example
@end table
Libvirt guest XML:
@table @option
@item Host passthrough
@example
<cpu mode='host-passthrough'/>
@end example
With feature customization:
@example
<cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
<feature name="vmx" policy="disable"/>
...
</cpu>
@end example
@item Host model
@example
<cpu mode='host-model'/>
@end example
With feature customization:
@example
<cpu mode='host-model'>
<feature name="vmx" policy="disable"/>
...
</cpu>
@end example
@item Named model
@example
<cpu mode='custom'>
<model name="Westmere"/>
</cpu>
@end example
With feature customization:
@example
<cpu mode='custom'>
<model name="Westmere"/>
<feature name="pcid" policy="require"/>
...
</cpu>
@end example
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@node Deprecated features
@appendix Deprecated features
In general features are intended to be supported indefinitely once
introduced into QEMU. In the event that a feature needs to be removed,
it will be listed in this appendix. The feature will remain functional
for 2 releases prior to actual removal. Deprecated features may also
generate warnings on the console when QEMU starts up, or if activated
via a monitor command, however, this is not a mandatory requirement.
Prior to the 2.10.0 release there was no official policy on how
long features would be deprecated prior to their removal, nor
any documented list of which features were deprecated. Thus
any features deprecated prior to 2.10.0 will be treated as if
they were first deprecated in the 2.10.0 release.
What follows is a list of all features currently marked as
deprecated.
@section System emulator command line arguments
@subsection -machine enforce-config-section=on|off (since 3.1)
The @option{enforce-config-section} parameter is replaced by the
@option{-global migration.send-configuration=@var{on|off}} option.
@subsection -no-kvm (since 1.3.0)
The ``-no-kvm'' argument is now a synonym for setting ``-accel tcg''.
@subsection -usbdevice (since 2.10.0)
The ``-usbdevice DEV'' argument is now a synonym for setting
the ``-device usb-DEV'' argument instead. The deprecated syntax
would automatically enable USB support on the machine type.
If using the new syntax, USB support must be explicitly
enabled via the ``-machine usb=on'' argument.
@subsection -drive file=json:@{...@{'driver':'file'@}@} (since 3.0)
The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host
devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver
for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate.
@subsection -net ...,name=@var{name} (since 3.1)
The @option{name} parameter of the @option{-net} option is a synonym
for the @option{id} parameter, which should now be used instead.
@subsection -smp (invalid topologies) (since 3.1)
CPU topology properties should describe whole machine topology including
possible CPUs.
However, historically it was possible to start QEMU with an incorrect topology
where @math{@var{n} <= @var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} < @var{maxcpus}},
which could lead to an incorrect topology enumeration by the guest.
Support for invalid topologies will be removed, the user must ensure
topologies described with -smp include all possible cpus, i.e.
@math{@var{sockets} * @var{cores} * @var{threads} = @var{maxcpus}}.
@subsection -vnc acl (since 4.0.0)
The @code{acl} option to the @code{-vnc} argument has been replaced
by the @code{tls-authz} and @code{sasl-authz} options.
@subsection QEMU_AUDIO_ environment variables and -audio-help (since 4.0)
The ``-audiodev'' argument is now the preferred way to specify audio
backend settings instead of environment variables. To ease migration to
the new format, the ``-audiodev-help'' option can be used to convert
the current values of the environment variables to ``-audiodev'' options.
@subsection Creating sound card devices and vnc without audiodev= property (since 4.2)
When not using the deprecated legacy audio config, each sound card
should specify an @code{audiodev=} property. Additionally, when using
vnc, you should specify an @code{audiodev=} propery if you plan to
transmit audio through the VNC protocol.
@subsection -mon ...,control=readline,pretty=on|off (since 4.1)
The @code{pretty=on|off} switch has no effect for HMP monitors, but is
silently ignored. Using the switch with HMP monitors will become an
error in the future.
@subsection -realtime (since 4.1)
The @code{-realtime mlock=on|off} argument has been replaced by the
@code{-overcommit mem-lock=on|off} argument.
@subsection -numa node,mem=@var{size} (since 4.1)
The parameter @option{mem} of @option{-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 @option{memdev}, which does the same as @option{mem} and adds
means to actualy manage node RAM on the host side. Use parameter @option{memdev}
with @var{memory-backend-ram} backend as an replacement for parameter @option{mem}
to achieve the same fake NUMA effect or a properly configured
@var{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.
@subsection -numa node (without memory specified) (since 4.1)
Splitting RAM by default between NUMA nodes has the same issues as @option{mem}
parameter described above with the difference that the role of the user plays
QEMU using implicit generic or board specific splitting rule.
Use @option{memdev} with @var{memory-backend-ram} backend or @option{mem} (if
it's supported by used machine type) to define mapping explictly instead.
@subsection RISC-V -bios (since 4.1)
QEMU 4.1 introduced support for the -bios option in QEMU for RISC-V for the
RISC-V virt machine and sifive_u machine.
QEMU 4.1 has no changes to the default behaviour to avoid breakages. This
default will change in a future QEMU release, so please prepare now. All users
of the virt or sifive_u machine must change their command line usage.
QEMU 4.1 has three options, please migrate to one of these three:
1. ``-bios none`` - This is the current default behavior if no -bios option
is included. QEMU will not automatically load any firmware. It is up
to the user to load all the images they need.
2. ``-bios default`` - In a future QEMU release this will become the default
behaviour if no -bios option is specified. This option will load the
default OpenSBI firmware automatically. The firmware is included with
the QEMU release and no user interaction is required. All a user needs
to do is specify the kernel they want to boot with the -kernel option
3. ``-bios <file>`` - Tells QEMU to load the specified file as the firmwrae.
@subsection -tb-size option (since 5.0)
QEMU 5.0 introduced an alternative syntax to specify the size of the translation
block cache, @option{-accel tcg,tb-size=}. The new syntax deprecates the
previously available @option{-tb-size} option.
@subsection -show-cursor option (since 5.0)
Use @option{-display sdl,show-cursor=on} or
@option{-display gtk,show-cursor=on} instead.
@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
@subsection change (since 2.5.0)
Use ``blockdev-change-medium'' or ``change-vnc-password'' instead.
@subsection migrate_set_downtime and migrate_set_speed (since 2.8.0)
Use ``migrate-set-parameters'' instead.
@subsection migrate-set-cache-size and query-migrate-cache-size (since 2.11.0)
Use ``migrate-set-parameters'' and ``query-migrate-parameters'' instead.
@subsection query-block result field dirty-bitmaps[i].status (since 4.0)
The ``status'' field of the ``BlockDirtyInfo'' structure, returned by
the query-block command is deprecated. Two new boolean fields,
``recording'' and ``busy'' effectively replace it.
@subsection query-block result field dirty-bitmaps (Since 4.2)
The ``dirty-bitmaps`` field of the ``BlockInfo`` structure, returned by
the query-block command is itself now deprecated. The ``dirty-bitmaps``
field of the ``BlockDeviceInfo`` struct should be used instead, which is the
type of the ``inserted`` field in query-block replies, as well as the
type of array items in query-named-block-nodes.
Since the ``dirty-bitmaps`` field is optionally present in both the old and
new locations, clients must use introspection to learn where to anticipate
the field if/when it does appear in command output.
@subsection query-cpus (since 2.12.0)
The ``query-cpus'' command is replaced by the ``query-cpus-fast'' command.
@subsection query-cpus-fast "arch" output member (since 3.0.0)
The ``arch'' output member of the ``query-cpus-fast'' command is
replaced by the ``target'' output member.
@subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional
details.
@subsection query-events (since 4.0)
The ``query-events'' command has been superseded by the more powerful
and accurate ``query-qmp-schema'' command.
@subsection chardev client socket with 'wait' option (since 4.0)
Character devices creating sockets in client mode should not specify
the 'wait' field, which is only applicable to sockets in server mode
@section Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands
@subsection The hub_id parameter of 'hostfwd_add' / 'hostfwd_remove' (since 3.1)
The @option{[hub_id name]} parameter tuple of the 'hostfwd_add' and
'hostfwd_remove' HMP commands has been replaced by @option{netdev_id}.
@subsection cpu-add (since 4.0)
Use ``device_add'' for hotplugging vCPUs instead of ``cpu-add''. See
documentation of ``query-hotpluggable-cpus'' for additional details.
@subsection acl_show, acl_reset, acl_policy, acl_add, acl_remove (since 4.0.0)
The ``acl_show'', ``acl_reset'', ``acl_policy'', ``acl_add'', and
``acl_remove'' commands are deprecated with no replacement. Authorization
for VNC should be performed using the pluggable QAuthZ objects.
@section Guest Emulator ISAs
@subsection RISC-V ISA privledge specification version 1.09.1 (since 4.1)
The RISC-V ISA privledge specification version 1.09.1 has been deprecated.
QEMU supports both the newer version 1.10.0 and the ratified version 1.11.0, these
should be used instead of the 1.09.1 version.
@section System emulator CPUS
@subsection RISC-V ISA CPUs (since 4.1)
The RISC-V cpus with the ISA version in the CPU name have been depcreated. The
four CPUs are: ``rv32gcsu-v1.9.1``, ``rv32gcsu-v1.10.0``, ``rv64gcsu-v1.9.1`` and
``rv64gcsu-v1.10.0``. Instead the version can be specified via the CPU ``priv_spec``
option when using the ``rv32`` or ``rv64`` CPUs.
@subsection RISC-V ISA CPUs (since 4.1)
The RISC-V no MMU cpus have been depcreated. The two CPUs: ``rv32imacu-nommu`` and
``rv64imacu-nommu`` should no longer be used. Instead the MMU status can be specified
via the CPU ``mmu`` option when using the ``rv32`` or ``rv64`` CPUs.
@section System emulator devices
@subsection ide-drive (since 4.2)
The 'ide-drive' device is deprecated. Users should use 'ide-hd' or
'ide-cd' as appropriate to get an IDE hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
@subsection scsi-disk (since 4.2)
The 'scsi-disk' device is deprecated. Users should use 'scsi-hd' or
'scsi-cd' as appropriate to get a SCSI hard disk or CD-ROM as needed.
@section System emulator machines
@subsection mips r4k platform (since 5.0)
This machine type is very old and unmaintained. Users should use the 'malta'
machine type instead.
@subsection pc-1.0, pc-1.1, pc-1.2 and pc-1.3 (since 5.0)
These machine types are very old and likely can not be used for live migration
from old QEMU versions anymore. A newer machine type should be used instead.
@subsection spike_v1.9.1 and spike_v1.10 (since 4.1)
The version specific Spike machines have been deprecated in favour of the
generic ``spike`` machine. If you need to specify an older version of the RISC-V
spec you can use the ``-cpu rv64gcsu,priv_spec=v1.9.1`` command line argument.
@section Device options
@subsection Emulated device options
@subsubsection -device virtio-blk,scsi=on|off (since 5.0.0)
The virtio-blk SCSI passthrough feature is a legacy VIRTIO feature. VIRTIO 1.0
and later do not support it because the virtio-scsi device was introduced for
full SCSI support. Use virtio-scsi instead when SCSI passthrough is required.
Note this also applies to ``-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=on|off'', which is an
alias.
@subsection Block device options
@subsubsection "backing": "" (since 2.12.0)
In order to prevent QEMU from automatically opening an image's backing
chain, use ``"backing": null'' instead.
@subsubsection rbd keyvalue pair encoded filenames: "" (since 3.1.0)
Options for ``rbd'' should be specified according to its runtime options,
like other block drivers. Legacy parsing of keyvalue pair encoded
filenames is useful to open images with the old format for backing files;
These image files should be updated to use the current format.
Example of legacy encoding:
@code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.filename":"rbd:rbd/name"@}}
The above, converted to the current supported format:
@code{json:@{"file.driver":"rbd", "file.pool":"rbd", "file.image":"name"@}}
@section Related binaries
@subsection qemu-img convert -n -o (since 4.2.0)
All options specified in @option{-o} are image creation options, so
they have no effect when used with @option{-n} to skip image creation.
Silently ignored options can be confusing, so this combination of
options will be made an error in future versions.
@section Backwards compatibility
@subsection Runnability guarantee of CPU models (since 4.1.0)
Previous versions of QEMU never changed existing CPU models in
ways that introduced additional host software or hardware
requirements to the VM. This allowed management software to
safely change the machine type of an existing VM without
introducing new requirements ("runnability guarantee"). This
prevented CPU models from being updated to include CPU
vulnerability mitigations, leaving guests vulnerable in the
default configuration.
The CPU model runnability guarantee won't apply anymore to
existing CPU models. Management software that needs runnability
guarantees must resolve the CPU model aliases using te
``alias-of'' field returned by the ``query-cpu-definitions'' QMP
command.
While those guarantees are kept, the return value of
``query-cpu-definitions'' will have existing CPU model aliases
point to a version that doesn't break runnability guarantees
(specifically, version 1 of those CPU models). In future QEMU
versions, aliases will point to newer CPU model versions
depending on the machine type, so management software must
resolve CPU model aliases before starting a virtual machine.
@node Recently removed features
@appendix Recently removed features
What follows is a record of recently removed, formerly deprecated
features that serves as a record for users who have encountered
trouble after a recent upgrade.
@section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands
@subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 4.2.0)
The "autoload" parameter has been ignored since 2.12.0. All bitmaps
are automatically loaded from qcow2 images.
@section Related binaries
@subsection qemu-nbd --partition (removed in 5.0.0)
The ``qemu-nbd --partition $digit'' code (also spelled @option{-P})
could only handle MBR partitions, and never correctly handled logical
partitions beyond partition 5. Exporting a partition can still be
done by utilizing the @option{--image-opts} option with a raw blockdev
using the @code{offset} and @code{size} parameters layered on top of
any other existing blockdev. For example, if partition 1 is 100MiB
long starting at 1MiB, the old command:
@code{qemu-nbd -t -P 1 -f qcow2 file.qcow2}
can be rewritten as:
@code{qemu-nbd -t --image-opts driver=raw,offset=1M,size=100M,file.driver=qcow2,file.file.driver=file,file.file.filename=file.qcow2}
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@node gdb_usage
@section GDB usage
QEMU has a primitive support to work with gdb, so that you can do
'Ctrl-C' while the virtual machine is running and inspect its state.
In order to use gdb, launch QEMU with the '-s' option. It will wait for a
gdb connection:
@example
@value{qemu_system} -s -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
Connected to host network interface: tun0
Waiting gdb connection on port 1234
@end example
Then launch gdb on the 'vmlinux' executable:
@example
> gdb vmlinux
@end example
In gdb, connect to QEMU:
@example
(gdb) target remote localhost:1234
@end example
Then you can use gdb normally. For example, type 'c' to launch the kernel:
@example
(gdb) c
@end example
Here are some useful tips in order to use gdb on system code:
@enumerate
@item
Use @code{info reg} to display all the CPU registers.
@item
Use @code{x/10i $eip} to display the code at the PC position.
@item
Use @code{set architecture i8086} to dump 16 bit code. Then use
@code{x/10i $cs*16+$eip} to dump the code at the PC position.
@end enumerate
Advanced debugging options:
The default single stepping behavior is step with the IRQs and timer service routines off. It is set this way because when gdb executes a single step it expects to advance beyond the current instruction. With the IRQs and timer service routines on, a single step might jump into the one of the interrupt or exception vectors instead of executing the current instruction. This means you may hit the same breakpoint a number of times before executing the instruction gdb wants to have executed. Because there are rare circumstances where you want to single step into an interrupt vector the behavior can be controlled from GDB. There are three commands you can query and set the single step behavior:
@table @code
@item maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
This will display the MASK bits used to control the single stepping IE:
@example
(gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstepbits
sending: "qqemu.sstepbits"
received: "ENABLE=1,NOIRQ=2,NOTIMER=4"
@end example
@item maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
This will display the current value of the mask used when single stepping IE:
@example
(gdb) maintenance packet qqemu.sstep
sending: "qqemu.sstep"
received: "0x7"
@end example
@item maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=HEX_VALUE
This will change the single step mask, so if wanted to enable IRQs on the single step, but not timers, you would use:
@example
(gdb) maintenance packet Qqemu.sstep=0x5
sending: "qemu.sstep=0x5"
received: "OK"
@end example
@end table
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@node disk_images
@section Disk Images
QEMU supports many disk image formats, including growable disk images
(their size increase as non empty sectors are written), compressed and
encrypted disk images.
@menu
* disk_images_quickstart:: Quick start for disk image creation
* disk_images_snapshot_mode:: Snapshot mode
* vm_snapshots:: VM snapshots
@end menu
@node disk_images_quickstart
@subsection Quick start for disk image creation
You can create a disk image with the command:
@example
qemu-img create myimage.img mysize
@end example
where @var{myimage.img} is the disk image filename and @var{mysize} is its
size in kilobytes. You can add an @code{M} suffix to give the size in
megabytes and a @code{G} suffix for gigabytes.
@c When this document is converted to rst we should make this into
@c a proper linked reference to the qemu-img documentation again:
See the qemu-img invocation documentation for more information.
@node disk_images_snapshot_mode
@subsection Snapshot mode
If you use the option @option{-snapshot}, all disk images are
considered as read only. When sectors in written, they are written in
a temporary file created in @file{/tmp}. You can however force the
write back to the raw disk images by using the @code{commit} monitor
command (or @key{C-a s} in the serial console).
@node vm_snapshots
@subsection VM snapshots
VM snapshots are snapshots of the complete virtual machine including
CPU state, RAM, device state and the content of all the writable
disks. In order to use VM snapshots, you must have at least one non
removable and writable block device using the @code{qcow2} disk image
format. Normally this device is the first virtual hard drive.
Use the monitor command @code{savevm} to create a new VM snapshot or
replace an existing one. A human readable name can be assigned to each
snapshot in addition to its numerical ID.
Use @code{loadvm} to restore a VM snapshot and @code{delvm} to remove
a VM snapshot. @code{info snapshots} lists the available snapshots
with their associated information:
@example
(qemu) info snapshots
Snapshot devices: hda
Snapshot list (from hda):
ID TAG VM SIZE DATE VM CLOCK
1 start 41M 2006-08-06 12:38:02 00:00:14.954
2 40M 2006-08-06 12:43:29 00:00:18.633
3 msys 40M 2006-08-06 12:44:04 00:00:23.514
@end example
A VM snapshot is made of a VM state info (its size is shown in
@code{info snapshots}) and a snapshot of every writable disk image.
The VM state info is stored in the first @code{qcow2} non removable
and writable block device. The disk image snapshots are stored in
every disk image. The size of a snapshot in a disk image is difficult
to evaluate and is not shown by @code{info snapshots} because the
associated disk sectors are shared among all the snapshots to save
disk space (otherwise each snapshot would need a full copy of all the
disk images).
When using the (unrelated) @code{-snapshot} option
(@ref{disk_images_snapshot_mode}), you can always make VM snapshots,
but they are deleted as soon as you exit QEMU.
VM snapshots currently have the following known limitations:
@itemize
@item
They cannot cope with removable devices if they are removed or
inserted after a snapshot is done.
@item
A few device drivers still have incomplete snapshot support so their
state is not saved or restored properly (in particular USB).
@end itemize
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@node sec_invocation
@section Invocation
@example
@c man begin SYNOPSIS
@command{@value{qemu_system}} [@var{options}] [@var{disk_image}]
@c man end
@end example
@c man begin OPTIONS
@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
targets do not need a disk image.
@include qemu-options.texi
@c man end
@subsection Device URL Syntax
@c TODO merge this with section Disk Images
@c man begin NOTES
In addition to using normal file images for the emulated storage devices,
QEMU can also use networked resources such as iSCSI devices. These are
specified using a special URL syntax.
@table @option
@item iSCSI
iSCSI support allows QEMU to access iSCSI resources directly and use as
images for the guest storage. Both disk and cdrom images are supported.
Syntax for specifying iSCSI LUNs is
``iscsi://<target-ip>[:<port>]/<target-iqn>/<lun>''
By default qemu will use the iSCSI initiator-name
'iqn.2008-11.org.linux-kvm[:<name>]' but this can also be set from the command
line or a configuration file.
Since version Qemu 2.4 it is possible to specify a iSCSI request timeout to detect
stalled requests and force a reestablishment of the session. The timeout
is specified in seconds. The default is 0 which means no timeout. Libiscsi
1.15.0 or greater is required for this feature.
Example (without authentication):
@example
@value{qemu_system} -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
@value{qemu_system} -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" \
@value{qemu_system} -drive file=iscsi://192.0.2.1/iqn.2001-04.com.example/1
@end example
@item NBD
QEMU supports NBD (Network Block Devices) both using TCP protocol as well
as Unix Domain Sockets. With TCP, the default port is 10809.
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using TCP, in preferred URI form:
``nbd://<server-ip>[:<port>]/[<export>]''
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets; remember
that '?' is a shell glob character and may need quoting:
``nbd+unix:///[<export>]?socket=<domain-socket>''
Older syntax that is also recognized:
``nbd:<server-ip>:<port>[:exportname=<export>]''
Syntax for specifying a NBD device using Unix Domain Sockets
``nbd:unix:<domain-socket>[:exportname=<export>]''
Example for TCP
@example
@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:192.0.2.1:30000
@end example
Example for Unix Domain Sockets
@example
@value{qemu_system} --drive file=nbd:unix:/tmp/nbd-socket
@end example
@item SSH
QEMU supports SSH (Secure Shell) access to remote disks.
Examples:
@example
@value{qemu_system} -drive file=ssh://user@@host/path/to/disk.img
@value{qemu_system} -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
authentication methods may be supported in future.
@item Sheepdog
Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU.
QEMU supports using either local sheepdog devices or remote networked
devices.
Syntax for specifying a sheepdog device
@example
sheepdog[+tcp|+unix]://[host:port]/vdiname[?socket=path][#snapid|#tag]
@end example
Example
@example
@value{qemu_system} --drive file=sheepdog://192.0.2.1:30000/MyVirtualMachine
@end example
See also @url{https://sheepdog.github.io/sheepdog/}.
@item GlusterFS
GlusterFS is a user space distributed file system.
QEMU supports the use of GlusterFS volumes for hosting VM disk images using
TCP, Unix Domain Sockets and RDMA transport protocols.
Syntax for specifying a VM disk image on GlusterFS volume is
@example
URI:
gluster[+type]://[host[:port]]/volume/path[?socket=...][,debug=N][,logfile=...]
JSON:
'json:@{"driver":"qcow2","file":@{"driver":"gluster","volume":"testvol","path":"a.img","debug":N,"logfile":"...",
@ "server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"...","port":"..."@},
@ @{"type":"unix","socket":"..."@}]@}@}'
@end example
Example
@example
URI:
@value{qemu_system} --drive file=gluster://192.0.2.1/testvol/a.img,
@ file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log
JSON:
@value{qemu_system} 'json:@{"driver":"qcow2",
@ "file":@{"driver":"gluster",
@ "volume":"testvol","path":"a.img",
@ "debug":9,"logfile":"/var/log/qemu-gluster.log",
@ "server":[@{"type":"tcp","host":"1.2.3.4","port":24007@},
@ @{"type":"unix","socket":"/var/run/glusterd.socket"@}]@}@}'
@value{qemu_system} -drive driver=qcow2,file.driver=gluster,file.volume=testvol,file.path=/path/a.img,
@ file.debug=9,file.logfile=/var/log/qemu-gluster.log,
@ file.server.0.type=tcp,file.server.0.host=1.2.3.4,file.server.0.port=24007,
@ file.server.1.type=unix,file.server.1.socket=/var/run/glusterd.socket
@end example
See also @url{http://www.gluster.org}.
@item HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS
QEMU supports read-only access to files accessed over http(s) and ftp(s).
Syntax using a single filename:
@example
<protocol>://[<username>[:<password>]@@]<host>/<path>
@end example
where:
@table @option
@item protocol
'http', 'https', 'ftp', or 'ftps'.
@item username
Optional username for authentication to the remote server.
@item password
Optional password for authentication to the remote server.
@item host
Address of the remote server.
@item path
Path on the remote server, including any query string.
@end table
The following options are also supported:
@table @option
@item url
The full URL when passing options to the driver explicitly.
@item readahead
The amount of data to read ahead with each range request to the remote server.
This value may optionally have the suffix 'T', 'G', 'M', 'K', 'k' or 'b'. If it
does not have a suffix, it will be assumed to be in bytes. The value must be a
multiple of 512 bytes. It defaults to 256k.
@item sslverify
Whether to verify the remote server's certificate when connecting over SSL. It
can have the value 'on' or 'off'. It defaults to 'on'.
@item cookie
Send this cookie (it can also be a list of cookies separated by ';') with
each outgoing request. Only supported when using protocols such as HTTP
which support cookies, otherwise ignored.
@item timeout
Set the timeout in seconds of the CURL connection. This timeout is the time
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
of <protocol>.
Example: boot from a remote Fedora 20 live ISO image
@example
@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive media=cdrom,file=https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/20/Live/x86_64/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso,readonly
@value{qemu_system_x86} --drive media=cdrom,file.driver=http,file.url=http://archives.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
writes, copy-on-read, and a readahead of 64k
@example
qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o backing_file='json:@{"file.driver":"http",, "file.url":"http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/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
@value{qemu_system_x86} -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
certificate using a local overlay for writes, a readahead of 64k and a timeout
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
@value{qemu_system_x86} -drive file=/tmp/test.qcow2
@end example
@end table
@c man end
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@node pcsys_ivshmem
@section Inter-VM Shared Memory device
On Linux hosts, a shared memory device is available. The basic syntax
is:
@example
@value{qemu_system_x86} -device ivshmem-plain,memdev=@var{hostmem}
@end example
where @var{hostmem} names a host memory backend. For a POSIX shared
memory backend, use something like
@example
-object memory-backend-file,size=1M,share,mem-path=/dev/shm/ivshmem,id=@var{hostmem}
@end example
If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
memory region. Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
using a chardev socket to connect to it. The code for the shared memory server
is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server. An example syntax when using the shared
memory server is:
@example
# First start the ivshmem server once and for all
ivshmem-server -p @var{pidfile} -S @var{path} -m @var{shm-name} -l @var{shm-size} -n @var{vectors}
# Then start your qemu instances with matching arguments
@value{qemu_system_x86} -device ivshmem-doorbell,vectors=@var{vectors},chardev=@var{id}
-chardev socket,path=@var{path},id=@var{id}
@end example
When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
using the same server to communicate via interrupts. Guests can read their
VM ID from a device register (see ivshmem-spec.txt).
@subsection Migration with ivshmem
With device property @option{master=on}, the guest will copy the shared
memory on migration to the destination host. With @option{master=off},
the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached. In the
latter case, the device should be detached and then reattached after
migration using the PCI hotplug support.
At most one of the devices sharing the same memory can be master. The
master must complete migration before you plug back the other devices.
@subsection ivshmem and hugepages
Instead of specifying the <shm size> using POSIX shm, you may specify
a memory backend that has hugepage support:
@example
@value{qemu_system_x86} -object memory-backend-file,size=1G,mem-path=/dev/hugepages/my-shmem-file,share,id=mb1
-device ivshmem-plain,memdev=mb1
@end example
ivshmem-server also supports hugepages mount points with the
@option{-m} memory path argument.
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@node pcsys_keys
@section Keys in the graphical frontends
@c man begin OPTIONS
During the graphical emulation, you can use special key combinations to change
modes. The default key mappings are shown below, but if you use @code{-alt-grab}
then the modifier is Ctrl-Alt-Shift (instead of Ctrl-Alt) and if you use
@code{-ctrl-grab} then the modifier is the right Ctrl key (instead of Ctrl-Alt):
@table @key
@item Ctrl-Alt-f
Toggle full screen
@item Ctrl-Alt-+
Enlarge the screen
@item Ctrl-Alt--
Shrink the screen
@item Ctrl-Alt-u
Restore the screen's un-scaled dimensions
@item Ctrl-Alt-n
Switch to virtual console 'n'. Standard console mappings are:
@table @emph
@item 1
Target system display
@item 2
Monitor
@item 3
Serial port
@end table
@item Ctrl-Alt
Toggle mouse and keyboard grab.
@end table
In the virtual consoles, you can use @key{Ctrl-Up}, @key{Ctrl-Down},
@key{Ctrl-PageUp} and @key{Ctrl-PageDown} to move in the back log.
@c man end
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@node License
@appendix License
QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard.
QEMU is released under the
@url{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt,GNU General Public License},
version 2. Parts of QEMU have specific licenses, see file
@url{https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=LICENSE,LICENSE}.
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@node direct_linux_boot
@section Direct Linux Boot
This section explains how to launch a Linux kernel inside QEMU without
having to make a full bootable image. It is very useful for fast Linux
kernel testing.
The syntax is:
@example
@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img -append "root=/dev/hda"
@end example
Use @option{-kernel} to provide the Linux kernel image and
@option{-append} to give the kernel command line arguments. The
@option{-initrd} option can be used to provide an INITRD image.
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
@value{qemu_system} -kernel bzImage -hda rootdisk.img \
-append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" -nographic
@end example
Use @key{Ctrl-a c} to switch between the serial console and the
monitor (@pxref{pcsys_keys}).
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@node managed_startup
@section Managed start up options
In system mode emulation, it's possible to create a VM in a paused state using
the -S command line option. In this state the machine is completely initialized
according to command line options and ready to execute VM code but VCPU threads
are not executing any code. The VM state in this paused state depends on the way
QEMU was started. It could be in:
@table @asis
@item initial state (after reset/power on state)
@item with direct kernel loading, the initial state could be amended to execute
code loaded by QEMU in the VM's RAM and with incoming migration
@item with incoming migration, initial state will by amended with the migrated
machine state after migration completes.
@end table
This paused state is typically used by users to query machine state and/or
additionally configure the machine (by hotplugging devices) in runtime before
allowing VM code to run.
However, at the -S pause point, it's impossible to configure options that affect
initial VM creation (like: -smp/-m/-numa ...) or cold plug devices. The
experimental --preconfig command line option allows pausing QEMU
before the initial VM creation, in a ``preconfig'' state, where additional
queries and configuration can be performed via QMP before moving on to
the resulting configuration startup. In the preconfig state, QEMU only allows
a limited set of commands over the QMP monitor, where the commands do not
depend on an initialized machine, including but not limited to:
@table @asis
@item qmp_capabilities
@item query-qmp-schema
@item query-commands
@item query-status
@item x-exit-preconfig
@end table
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@node pcsys_monitor
@section QEMU Monitor
The QEMU monitor is used to give complex commands to the QEMU
emulator. You can use it to:
@itemize @minus
@item
Remove or insert removable media images
(such as CD-ROM or floppies).
@item
Freeze/unfreeze the Virtual Machine (VM) and save or restore its state
from a disk file.
@item Inspect the VM state without an external debugger.
@end itemize
@subsection Commands
The following commands are available:
@include qemu-monitor.texi
@include qemu-monitor-info.texi
@subsection Integer expressions
The monitor understands integers expressions for every integer
argument. You can use register names to get the value of specifics
CPU registers by prefixing them with @emph{$}.
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@node mux_keys
@section Keys in the character backend multiplexer
@c man begin OPTIONS
During emulation, if you are using a character backend multiplexer
(which is the default if you are using @option{-nographic}) then
several commands are available via an escape sequence. These
key sequences all start with an escape character, which is @key{Ctrl-a}
by default, but can be changed with @option{-echr}. The list below assumes
you're using the default.
@table @key
@item Ctrl-a h
Print this help
@item Ctrl-a x
Exit emulator
@item Ctrl-a s
Save disk data back to file (if -snapshot)
@item Ctrl-a t
Toggle console timestamps
@item Ctrl-a b
Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
@item Ctrl-a c
Rotate between the frontends connected to the multiplexer (usually
this switches between the monitor and the console)
@item Ctrl-a Ctrl-a
Send the escape character to the frontend
@end table
@c man end
@ignore
@c man begin SEEALSO
The HTML documentation of QEMU for more precise information and Linux
user mode emulator invocation.
@c man end
@c man begin AUTHOR
Fabrice Bellard
@c man end
@end ignore
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@node pcsys_network
@section Network emulation
QEMU can simulate several network cards (e.g. PCI or ISA cards on the PC
target) and can connect them to a network backend on the host or an emulated
hub. The various host network backends can either be used to connect the NIC of
the guest to a real network (e.g. by using a TAP devices or the non-privileged
user mode network stack), or to other guest instances running in another QEMU
process (e.g. by using the socket host network backend).
@subsection Using TAP network interfaces
This is the standard way to connect QEMU to a real network. QEMU adds
a virtual network device on your host (called @code{tapN}), and you
can then configure it as if it was a real ethernet card.
@subsubsection Linux host
As an example, you can download the @file{linux-test-xxx.tar.gz}
archive and copy the script @file{qemu-ifup} in @file{/etc} and
configure properly @code{sudo} so that the command @code{ifconfig}
contained in @file{qemu-ifup} can be executed as root. You must verify
that your host kernel supports the TAP network interfaces: the
device @file{/dev/net/tun} must be present.
See @ref{sec_invocation} to have examples of command lines using the
TAP network interfaces.
@subsubsection Windows host
There is a virtual ethernet driver for Windows 2000/XP systems, called
TAP-Win32. But it is not included in standard QEMU for Windows,
so you will need to get it separately. It is part of OpenVPN package,
so download OpenVPN from : @url{https://openvpn.net/}.
@subsection Using the user mode network stack
By using the option @option{-net user} (default configuration if no
@option{-net} option is specified), QEMU uses a completely user mode
network stack (you don't need root privilege to use the virtual
network). The virtual network configuration is the following:
@example
guest (10.0.2.15) <------> Firewall/DHCP server <-----> Internet
| (10.0.2.2)
|
----> DNS server (10.0.2.3)
|
----> SMB server (10.0.2.4)
@end example
The QEMU VM behaves as if it was behind a firewall which blocks all
incoming connections. You can use a DHCP client to automatically
configure the network in the QEMU VM. The DHCP server assign addresses
to the hosts starting from 10.0.2.15.
In order to check that the user mode network is working, you can ping
the address 10.0.2.2 and verify that you got an address in the range
10.0.2.x from the QEMU virtual DHCP server.
Note that ICMP traffic in general does not work with user mode networking.
@code{ping}, aka. ICMP echo, to the local router (10.0.2.2) shall work,
however. If you're using QEMU on Linux >= 3.0, it can use unprivileged ICMP
ping sockets to allow @code{ping} to the Internet. The host admin has to set
the ping_group_range in order to grant access to those sockets. To allow ping
for GID 100 (usually users group):
@example
echo 100 100 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range
@end example
When using the built-in TFTP server, the router is also the TFTP
server.
When using the @option{'-netdev user,hostfwd=...'} option, TCP or UDP
connections can be redirected from the host to the guest. It allows for
example to redirect X11, telnet or SSH connections.
@subsection Hubs
QEMU can simulate several hubs. A hub can be thought of as a virtual connection
between several network devices. These devices can be for example QEMU virtual
ethernet cards or virtual Host ethernet devices (TAP devices). You can connect
guest NICs or host network backends to such a hub using the @option{-netdev
hubport} or @option{-nic hubport} options. The legacy @option{-net} option
also connects the given device to the emulated hub with ID 0 (i.e. the default
hub) unless you specify a netdev with @option{-net nic,netdev=xxx} here.
@subsection Connecting emulated networks between QEMU instances
Using the @option{-netdev socket} (or @option{-nic socket} or
@option{-net socket}) option, it is possible to create emulated
networks that span several QEMU instances.
See the description of the @option{-netdev socket} option in the
@ref{sec_invocation,,Invocation chapter} to have a basic example.
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@c The contents of this file must be kept in sync with qemu-option-trace.rst.inc
@c until all the users of the texi file have been converted to rst and
@c the texi file can be removed.
Specify tracing options.
@table @option
@item [enable=]@var{pattern}
Immediately enable events matching @var{pattern}
(either event name or a globbing pattern). This option is only
available if QEMU has been compiled with the @var{simple}, @var{log}
or @var{ftrace} tracing backend. To specify multiple events or patterns,
specify the @option{-trace} option multiple times.
Use @code{-trace help} to print a list of names of trace points.
@item events=@var{file}
Immediately enable events listed in @var{file}.
The file must contain one event name (as listed in the @file{trace-events-all}
file) per line; globbing patterns are accepted too. This option is only
available if QEMU has been compiled with the @var{simple}, @var{log} or
@var{ftrace} tracing backend.
@item file=@var{file}
Log output traces to @var{file}.
This option is only available if QEMU has been compiled with
the @var{simple} tracing backend.
@end table
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@node pcsys_quickstart
@section Quick Start
Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g.
@file{linux.img}) and type:
@example
@value{qemu_system} linux.img
@end example
Linux should boot and give you a prompt.
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@node Security
@chapter Security
@section Overview
This chapter explains the security requirements that QEMU is designed to meet
and principles for securely deploying QEMU.
@section Security Requirements
QEMU supports many different use cases, some of which have stricter security
requirements than others. The community has agreed on the overall security
requirements that users may depend on. These requirements define what is
considered supported from a security perspective.
@subsection Virtualization Use Case
The virtualization use case covers cloud and virtual private server (VPS)
hosting, as well as traditional data center and desktop virtualization. These
use cases rely on hardware virtualization extensions to execute guest code
safely on the physical CPU at close-to-native speed.
The following entities are untrusted, meaning that they may be buggy or
malicious:
@itemize
@item Guest
@item User-facing interfaces (e.g. VNC, SPICE, WebSocket)
@item Network protocols (e.g. NBD, live migration)
@item User-supplied files (e.g. disk images, kernels, device trees)
@item Passthrough devices (e.g. PCI, USB)
@end itemize
Bugs affecting these entities are evaluated on whether they can cause damage in
real-world use cases and treated as security bugs if this is the case.
@subsection Non-virtualization Use Case
The non-virtualization use case covers emulation using the Tiny Code Generator
(TCG). In principle the TCG and device emulation code used in conjunction with
the non-virtualization use case should meet the same security requirements as
the virtualization use case. However, for historical reasons much of the
non-virtualization use case code was not written with these security
requirements in mind.
Bugs affecting the non-virtualization use case are not considered security
bugs at this time. Users with non-virtualization use cases must not rely on
QEMU to provide guest isolation or any security guarantees.
@section Architecture
This section describes the design principles that ensure the security
requirements are met.
@subsection Guest Isolation
Guest isolation is the confinement of guest code to the virtual machine. When
guest code gains control of execution on the host this is called escaping the
virtual machine. Isolation also includes resource limits such as throttling of
CPU, memory, disk, or network. Guests must be unable to exceed their resource
limits.
QEMU presents an attack surface to the guest in the form of emulated devices.
The guest must not be able to gain control of QEMU. Bugs in emulated devices
could allow malicious guests to gain code execution in QEMU. At this point the
guest has escaped the virtual machine and is able to act in the context of the
QEMU process on the host.
Guests often interact with other guests and share resources with them. A
malicious guest must not gain control of other guests or access their data.
Disk image files and network traffic must be protected from other guests unless
explicitly shared between them by the user.
@subsection Principle of Least Privilege
The principle of least privilege states that each component only has access to
the privileges necessary for its function. In the case of QEMU this means that
each process only has access to resources belonging to the guest.
The QEMU process should not have access to any resources that are inaccessible
to the guest. This way the guest does not gain anything by escaping into the
QEMU process since it already has access to those same resources from within
the guest.
Following the principle of least privilege immediately fulfills guest isolation
requirements. For example, guest A only has access to its own disk image file
@code{a.img} and not guest B's disk image file @code{b.img}.
In reality certain resources are inaccessible to the guest but must be
available to QEMU to perform its function. For example, host system calls are
necessary for QEMU but are not exposed to guests. A guest that escapes into
the QEMU process can then begin invoking host system calls.
New features must be designed to follow the principle of least privilege.
Should this not be possible for technical reasons, the security risk must be
clearly documented so users are aware of the trade-off of enabling the feature.
@subsection Isolation mechanisms
Several isolation mechanisms are available to realize this architecture of
guest isolation and the principle of least privilege. With the exception of
Linux seccomp, these mechanisms are all deployed by management tools that
launch QEMU, such as libvirt. They are also platform-specific so they are only
described briefly for Linux here.
The fundamental isolation mechanism is that QEMU processes must run as
unprivileged users. Sometimes it seems more convenient to launch QEMU as
root to give it access to host devices (e.g. @code{/dev/net/tun}) but this poses a
huge security risk. File descriptor passing can be used to give an otherwise
unprivileged QEMU process access to host devices without running QEMU as root.
It is also possible to launch QEMU as a non-root user and configure UNIX groups
for access to @code{/dev/kvm}, @code{/dev/net/tun}, and other device nodes.
Some Linux distros already ship with UNIX groups for these devices by default.
@itemize
@item SELinux and AppArmor make it possible to confine processes beyond the
traditional UNIX process and file permissions model. They restrict the QEMU
process from accessing processes and files on the host system that are not
needed by QEMU.
@item Resource limits and cgroup controllers provide throughput and utilization
limits on key resources such as CPU time, memory, and I/O bandwidth.
@item Linux namespaces can be used to make process, file system, and other system
resources unavailable to QEMU. A namespaced QEMU process is restricted to only
those resources that were granted to it.
@item Linux seccomp is available via the QEMU @option{--sandbox} option. It disables
system calls that are not needed by QEMU, thereby reducing the host kernel
attack surface.
@end itemize
@section Sensitive configurations
There are aspects of QEMU that can have security implications which users &
management applications must be aware of.
@subsection Monitor console (QMP and HMP)
The monitor console (whether used with QMP or HMP) provides an interface
to dynamically control many aspects of QEMU's runtime operation. Many of the
commands exposed will instruct QEMU to access content on the host file system
and/or trigger spawning of external processes.
For example, the @code{migrate} command allows for the spawning of arbitrary
processes for the purpose of tunnelling the migration data stream. The
@code{blockdev-add} command instructs QEMU to open arbitrary files, exposing
their content to the guest as a virtual disk.
Unless QEMU is otherwise confined using technologies such as SELinux, AppArmor,
or Linux namespaces, the monitor console should be considered to have privileges
equivalent to those of the user account QEMU is running under.
It is further important to consider the security of the character device backend
over which the monitor console is exposed. It needs to have protection against
malicious third parties which might try to make unauthorized connections, or
perform man-in-the-middle attacks. Many of the character device backends do not
satisfy this requirement and so must not be used for the monitor console.
The general recommendation is that the monitor console should be exposed over
a UNIX domain socket backend to the local host only. Use of the TCP based
character device backend is inappropriate unless configured to use both TLS
encryption and authorization control policy on client connections.
In summary, the monitor console is considered a privileged control interface to
QEMU and as such should only be made accessible to a trusted management
application or user.
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@node ARM System emulator
@section ARM System emulator
Use the executable @file{qemu-system-arm} to simulate a ARM
machine. The ARM Integrator/CP board is emulated with the following
devices:
@itemize @minus
@item
ARM926E, ARM1026E, ARM946E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
@item
Two PL011 UARTs
@item
SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
@item
PL110 LCD controller
@item
PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
@item
PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
@end itemize
The ARM Versatile baseboard is emulated with the following devices:
@itemize @minus
@item
ARM926E, ARM1136 or Cortex-A8 CPU
@item
PL190 Vectored Interrupt Controller
@item
Four PL011 UARTs
@item
SMC 91c111 Ethernet adapter
@item
PL110 LCD controller
@item
PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
@item
PCI host bridge. Note the emulated PCI bridge only provides access to
PCI memory space. It does not provide access to PCI IO space.
This means some devices (eg. ne2k_pci NIC) are not usable, and others
(eg. rtl8139 NIC) are only usable when the guest drivers use the memory
mapped control registers.
@item
PCI OHCI USB controller.
@item
LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices.
@item
PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
@end itemize
Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated,
including the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the
bootloader, only certain Linux kernel configurations work out
of the box on these boards.
Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board
should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET
disabled and expect 1024M RAM.
The following devices are emulated:
@itemize @minus
@item
ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU
@item
ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller
@item
Four PL011 UARTs
@item
SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter
@item
PL110 LCD controller
@item
PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse
@item
PCI host bridge
@item
PCI OHCI USB controller
@item
LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM devices
@item
PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card.
@end itemize
The XScale-based clamshell PDA models ("Spitz", "Akita", "Borzoi"
and "Terrier") emulation includes the following peripherals:
@itemize @minus
@item
Intel PXA270 System-on-chip (ARM V5TE core)
@item
NAND Flash memory
@item
IBM/Hitachi DSCM microdrive in a PXA PCMCIA slot - not in "Akita"
@item
On-chip OHCI USB controller
@item
On-chip LCD controller
@item
On-chip Real Time Clock
@item
TI ADS7846 touchscreen controller on SSP bus
@item
Maxim MAX1111 analog-digital converter on I@math{^2}C bus
@item
GPIO-connected keyboard controller and LEDs
@item
Secure Digital card connected to PXA MMC/SD host
@item
Three on-chip UARTs
@item
WM8750 audio CODEC on I@math{^2}C and I@math{^2}S busses
@end itemize
The Palm Tungsten|E PDA (codename "Cheetah") emulation includes the
following elements:
@itemize @minus
@item
Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
@item
ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -option-rom)
@item
On-chip LCD controller
@item
On-chip Real Time Clock
@item
TI TSC2102i touchscreen controller / analog-digital converter / Audio
CODEC, connected through MicroWire and I@math{^2}S busses
@item
GPIO-connected matrix keypad
@item
Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
@item
Three on-chip UARTs
@end itemize
Nokia N800 and N810 internet tablets (known also as RX-34 and RX-44 / 48)
emulation supports the following elements:
@itemize @minus
@item
Texas Instruments OMAP2420 System-on-chip (ARM 1136 core)
@item
RAM and non-volatile OneNAND Flash memories
@item
Display connected to EPSON remote framebuffer chip and OMAP on-chip
display controller and a LS041y3 MIPI DBI-C controller
@item
TI TSC2301 (in N800) and TI TSC2005 (in N810) touchscreen controllers
driven through SPI bus
@item
National Semiconductor LM8323-controlled qwerty keyboard driven
through I@math{^2}C bus
@item
Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
@item
Three OMAP on-chip UARTs and on-chip STI debugging console
@item
Mentor Graphics "Inventra" dual-role USB controller embedded in a TI
TUSB6010 chip - only USB host mode is supported
@item
TI TMP105 temperature sensor driven through I@math{^2}C bus
@item
TI TWL92230C power management companion with an RTC on I@math{^2}C bus
@item
Nokia RETU and TAHVO multi-purpose chips with an RTC, connected
through CBUS
@end itemize
The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S811EVB emulation includes the following
devices:
@itemize @minus
@item
Cortex-M3 CPU core.
@item
64k Flash and 8k SRAM.
@item
Timers, UARTs, ADC and I@math{^2}C interface.
@item
OSRAM Pictiva 96x16 OLED with SSD0303 controller on I@math{^2}C bus.
@end itemize
The Luminary Micro Stellaris LM3S6965EVB emulation includes the following
devices:
@itemize @minus
@item
Cortex-M3 CPU core.
@item
256k Flash and 64k SRAM.
@item
Timers, UARTs, ADC, I@math{^2}C and SSI interfaces.
@item
OSRAM Pictiva 128x64 OLED with SSD0323 controller connected via SSI.
@end itemize
The Freecom MusicPal internet radio emulation includes the following
elements:
@itemize @minus
@item
Marvell MV88W8618 ARM core.
@item
32 MB RAM, 256 KB SRAM, 8 MB flash.
@item
Up to 2 16550 UARTs
@item
MV88W8xx8 Ethernet controller
@item
MV88W8618 audio controller, WM8750 CODEC and mixer
@item
128×64 display with brightness control
@item
2 buttons, 2 navigation wheels with button function
@end itemize
The Siemens SX1 models v1 and v2 (default) basic emulation.
The emulation includes the following elements:
@itemize @minus
@item
Texas Instruments OMAP310 System-on-chip (ARM 925T core)
@item
ROM and RAM memories (ROM firmware image can be loaded with -pflash)
V1
1 Flash of 16MB and 1 Flash of 8MB
V2
1 Flash of 32MB
@item
On-chip LCD controller
@item
On-chip Real Time Clock
@item
Secure Digital card connected to OMAP MMC/SD host
@item
Three on-chip UARTs
@end itemize
A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.

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