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+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -221,13 +221,25 @@
@end example
@c man begin OPTIONS
-@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0.
+@var{disk_image} is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0. Some
+targets do not need a disk image.
General options:
@table @option
+@item -h
+Display help and exit
+
@item -M @var{machine}
Select the emulated @var{machine} (@code{-M ?} for list)
+@item -cpu @var{model}
+Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
+
+@item -smp @var{n}
+Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
+CPUs are supported. On Sparc32 target, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
+to 4.
+
@item -fda @var{file}
@item -fdb @var{file}
Use @var{file} as floppy disk 0/1 image (@pxref{disk_images}). You can
@@ -344,6 +356,15 @@
qemu -hda a -hdb b
@end example
+@item -mtdblock file
+Use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image.
+
+@item -sd file
+Use 'file' as SecureDigital card image.
+
+@item -pflash file
+Use 'file' as a parallel flash image.
+
@item -boot [a|c|d|n]
Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or Etherboot (n). Hard disk boot
is the default.
@@ -353,22 +374,27 @@
the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
-@item -no-fd-bootchk
-Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
-be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
-
@item -m @var{megs}
Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB. Optionally,
a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in megabytes or
gigabytes respectively.
-@item -cpu @var{model}
-Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
+@item -k @var{language}
-@item -smp @var{n}
-Simulate an SMP system with @var{n} CPUs. On the PC target, up to 255
-CPUs are supported. On Sparc32 target, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
-to 4.
+Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
+French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
+keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
+display). You don't normally need to use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows
+hosts.
+
+The available layouts are:
+@example
+ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
+da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
+de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
+@end example
+
+The default is @code{en-us}.
@item -audio-help
@@ -395,45 +421,59 @@
modprobe i810_audio clocking=48000
@end example
-@item -localtime
-Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
-time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
-Windows.
+@end table
-@item -startdate @var{date}
-Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid formats for
-@var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
-@code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
+USB options:
+@table @option
-@item -pidfile @var{file}
-Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
-from a script.
+@item -usb
+Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
-@item -daemonize
-Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
-standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
-This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
-to cope with initialization race conditions.
+@item -usbdevice @var{devname}
+Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
-@item -win2k-hack
-Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
-Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
-slows down the IDE transfers).
+@table @code
-@item -rtc-td-hack
-Use it if you experience time drift problem in Windows with ACPI HAL.
-This option will try to figure out how many timer interrupts were not
-processed by the Windows guest and will re-inject them.
+@item mouse
+Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
-@item -option-rom @var{file}
-Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
-This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
+@item tablet
+Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen). This
+means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the
+mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
+
+@item disk:[format=@var{format}]:file
+Mass storage device based on file. The optional @var{format} argument
+will be used rather than detecting the format. Can be used to specifiy
+format=raw to avoid interpreting an untrusted format header.
+
+@item host:bus.addr
+Pass through the host device identified by bus.addr (Linux only).
+
+@item host:vendor_id:product_id
+Pass through the host device identified by vendor_id:product_id (Linux only).
+
+@item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,productid=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
+Serial converter to host character device @var{dev}, see @code{-serial} for the
+available devices.
+
+@item braille
+Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
+or fake device.
+
+@item net:options
+Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
+
+@end table
@item -name @var{name}
Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
This name will be displayed in the SDL window caption.
The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
+@item -uuid @var{uuid}
+Set system UUID.
+
@end table
Display options:
@@ -459,10 +499,43 @@
available screen space. This makes the using QEMU in a dedicated desktop
workspace more convenient.
+@item -alt-grab
+
+Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
+
@item -no-quit
Disable SDL window close capability.
+@item -sdl
+
+Enable SDL.
+
+@item -portrait
+
+Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
+
+@item -vga @var{type}
+Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
+@table @code
+@item cirrus
+Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
+Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
+performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
+(This one is the default)
+@item std
+Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
+supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
+to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
+this option.
+@item vmware
+VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
+recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
+card.
+@item none
+Disable VGA card.
+@end table
+
@item -full-screen
Start in full screen.
@@ -545,68 +618,6 @@
@end table
-@item -k @var{language}
-
-Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
-French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
-keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
-display). You don't normally need to use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows
-hosts.
-
-The available layouts are:
-@example
-ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
-da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
-de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
-@end example
-
-The default is @code{en-us}.
-
-@end table
-
-USB options:
-@table @option
-
-@item -usb
-Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
-
-@item -usbdevice @var{devname}
-Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
-
-@table @code
-
-@item mouse
-Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
-
-@item tablet
-Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen). This
-means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the
-mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
-
-@item disk:[format=@var{format}]:file
-Mass storage device based on file. The optional @var{format} argument
-will be used rather than detecting the format. Can be used to specifiy
-format=raw to avoid interpreting an untrusted format header.
-
-@item host:bus.addr
-Pass through the host device identified by bus.addr (Linux only).
-
-@item host:vendor_id:product_id
-Pass through the host device identified by vendor_id:product_id (Linux only).
-
-@item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,productid=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
-Serial converter to host character device @var{dev}, see @code{-serial} for the
-available devices.
-
-@item braille
-Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
-or fake device.
-
-@item net:options
-Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
-
-@end table
-
@end table
Network options:
@@ -856,6 +867,34 @@
@end table
+i386 target only:
+
+@table @option
+
+@item -win2k-hack
+Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
+Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
+slows down the IDE transfers).
+
+@item -rtc-td-hack
+Use it if you experience time drift problem in Windows with ACPI HAL.
+This option will try to figure out how many timer interrupts were not
+processed by the Windows guest and will re-inject them.
+
+@item -no-fd-bootchk
+Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
+be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
+
+@item -no-acpi
+Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use
+it if your guest OS complains about ACPI problems (PC target machine
+only).
+
+@item -no-hpet
+Disable HPET support.
+
+@end table
+
Linux boot specific: When using these options, you can use a given
Linux kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
for easier testing of various kernels.
@@ -881,7 +920,7 @@
@var{dev}. The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and
@code{stdio} in non graphical mode.
-This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serials
+This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serial
ports.
Use @code{-serial none} to disable all serial ports.
@@ -1015,6 +1054,92 @@
The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
non graphical mode.
+@item -pidfile @var{file}
+Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
+from a script.
+
+@item -S
+Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
+
+@item -s
+Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
+
+@item -p @var{port}
+Change gdb connection port. @var{port} can be either a decimal number
+to specify a TCP port, or a host device (same devices as the serial port).
+
+@item -d
+Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
+@item -hdachs @var{c},@var{h},@var{s},[,@var{t}]
+Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
+@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
+translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
+all those parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
+images.
+
+@item -L @var{path}
+Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
+
+@item -bios @var{file}
+Set the filename for the BIOS.
+
+@item -kernel-kqemu
+Enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only).
+
+@item -no-kqemu
+Disable KQEMU kernel module usage. KQEMU options are only available if
+KQEMU support is enabled when compiling.
+
+@item -enable-kvm
+Enable KVM full virtualization support. This option is only available
+if KVM support is enabled when compiling.
+
+@item -no-reboot
+Exit instead of rebooting.
+
+@item -no-shutdown
+Don't exit QEMU on guest shutdown, but instead only stop the emulation.
+This allows for instance switching to monitor to commit changes to the
+disk image.
+
+@item -loadvm @var{file}
+Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
+
+@item -daemonize
+Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
+standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
+This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
+to cope with initialization race conditions.
+
+@item -option-rom @var{file}
+Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
+This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
+
+@item -clock @var{method}
+Force the use of the given methods for timer alarm. To see what timers
+are available use -clock ?.
+
+@item -localtime
+Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
+time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
+Windows.
+
+@item -startdate @var{date}
+Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid formats for
+@var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
+@code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
+
+@item -icount [N|auto]
+Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
+instruction every 2^N ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
+then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
+time within a few seconds of real time.
+
+Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
+provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
+order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions
+executed often has little or no correlation with actual performance.
+
@item -echr numeric_ascii_value
Change the escape character used for switching to the monitor when using
monitor and serial sharing. The default is @code{0x01} when using the
@@ -1028,79 +1153,6 @@
@item -echr 20
@end table
-@item -s
-Wait gdb connection to port 1234 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
-@item -p @var{port}
-Change gdb connection port. @var{port} can be either a decimal number
-to specify a TCP port, or a host device (same devices as the serial port).
-@item -S
-Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
-@item -d
-Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
-@item -hdachs @var{c},@var{h},@var{s},[,@var{t}]
-Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
-@var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
-translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
-all those parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
-images.
-
-@item -L path
-Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
-
-@item -vga @var{type}
-Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
-@table @code
-@item cirrus
-Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
-Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
-performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
-(This one is the default)
-@item std
-Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
-supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
-to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
-this option.
-@item vmware
-VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
-recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
-card.
-@end table
-
-@item -no-acpi
-Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use
-it if your guest OS complains about ACPI problems (PC target machine
-only).
-
-@item -no-reboot
-Exit instead of rebooting.
-
-@item -no-shutdown
-Don't exit QEMU on guest shutdown, but instead only stop the emulation.
-This allows for instance switching to monitor to commit changes to the
-disk image.
-
-@item -loadvm file
-Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
-
-@item -semihosting
-Enable semihosting syscall emulation (ARM and M68K target machines only).
-
-On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
-On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
-
-Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
-so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
-
-@item -icount [N|auto]
-Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
-instruction every 2^N ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
-then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
-time within a few seconds of real time.
-
-Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
-provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
-order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions
-executed often has little or no correlation with actual performance.
@end table
@c man end
@@ -1138,13 +1190,14 @@
@table @key
@item Ctrl-a h
+@item Ctrl-a ?
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
+Toggle console timestamps
@item Ctrl-a b
Send break (magic sysrq in Linux)
@item Ctrl-a c
@@ -1203,26 +1256,68 @@
Show various information about the system state.
@table @option
+@item info version
+show the version of QEMU
@item info network
show the various VLANs and the associated devices
+@item info chardev
+show the character devices
@item info block
show the block devices
+@item info block
+show block device statistics
@item info registers
show the cpu registers
+@item info cpus
+show infos for each CPU
@item info history
show the command line history
+@item info irq
+show the interrupts statistics (if available)
+@item info pic
+show i8259 (PIC) state
@item info pci
-show emulated PCI device
+show emulated PCI device info
+@item info tlb
+show virtual to physical memory mappings (i386 only)
+@item info mem
+show the active virtual memory mappings (i386 only)
+@item info hpet
+show state of HPET (i386 only)
+@item info kqemu
+show KQEMU information
+@item info kvm
+show KVM information
@item info usb
show USB devices plugged on the virtual USB hub
@item info usbhost
show all USB host devices
+@item info profile
+show profiling information
@item info capture
show information about active capturing
@item info snapshots
show list of VM snapshots
+@item info status
+show the current VM status (running|paused)
+@item info pcmcia
+show guest PCMCIA status
@item info mice
show which guest mouse is receiving events
+@item info vnc
+show the vnc server status
+@item info name
+show the current VM name
+@item info uuid
+show the current VM UUID
+@item info cpustats
+show CPU statistics
+@item info slirp
+show SLIRP statistics (if available)
+@item info migrate
+show migration status
+@item info balloon
+show balloon information
@end table
@item q or quit
@@ -1236,13 +1331,15 @@
Change the configuration of a device.
@table @option
-@item change @var{diskdevice} @var{filename}
+@item change @var{diskdevice} @var{filename} [@var{format}]
Change the medium for a removable disk device to point to @var{filename}. eg
@example
(qemu) change ide1-cd0 /path/to/some.iso
@end example
+@var{format} is optional.
+
@item change vnc @var{display},@var{options}
Change the configuration of the VNC server. The valid syntax for @var{display}
and @var{options} are described at @ref{sec_invocation}. eg
@@ -1267,36 +1364,8 @@
@item screendump @var{filename}
Save screen into PPM image @var{filename}.
-@item mouse_move @var{dx} @var{dy} [@var{dz}]
-Move the active mouse to the specified coordinates @var{dx} @var{dy}
-with optional scroll axis @var{dz}.
-
-@item mouse_button @var{val}
-Change the active mouse button state @var{val} (1=L, 2=M, 4=R).
-
-@item mouse_set @var{index}
-Set which mouse device receives events at given @var{index}, index
-can be obtained with
-@example
-info mice
-@end example
-
-@item wavcapture @var{filename} [@var{frequency} [@var{bits} [@var{channels}]]]
-Capture audio into @var{filename}. Using sample rate @var{frequency}
-bits per sample @var{bits} and number of channels @var{channels}.
-
-Defaults:
-@itemize @minus
-@item Sample rate = 44100 Hz - CD quality
-@item Bits = 16
-@item Number of channels = 2 - Stereo
-@end itemize
-
-@item stopcapture @var{index}
-Stop capture with a given @var{index}, index can be obtained with
-@example
-info capture
-@end example
+@item logfile @var{filename}
+Output logs to @var{filename}.
@item log @var{item1}[,...]
Activate logging of the specified items to @file{/tmp/qemu.log}.
@@ -1403,13 +1472,13 @@
Reset the system.
-@item boot_set @var{bootdevicelist}
+@item system_powerdown
-Define new values for the boot device list. Those values will override
-the values specified on the command line through the @code{-boot} option.
+Power down the system (if supported).
-The values that can be specified here depend on the machine type, but are
-the same that can be specified in the @code{-boot} command line option.
+@item sum @var{addr} @var{size}
+
+Compute the checksum of a memory region.
@item usb_add @var{devname}
@@ -1422,6 +1491,69 @@
hub. @var{devname} has the syntax @code{bus.addr}. Use the monitor
command @code{info usb} to see the devices you can remove.
+@item mouse_move @var{dx} @var{dy} [@var{dz}]
+Move the active mouse to the specified coordinates @var{dx} @var{dy}
+with optional scroll axis @var{dz}.
+
+@item mouse_button @var{val}
+Change the active mouse button state @var{val} (1=L, 2=M, 4=R).
+
+@item mouse_set @var{index}
+Set which mouse device receives events at given @var{index}, index
+can be obtained with
+@example
+info mice
+@end example
+
+@item wavcapture @var{filename} [@var{frequency} [@var{bits} [@var{channels}]]]
+Capture audio into @var{filename}. Using sample rate @var{frequency}
+bits per sample @var{bits} and number of channels @var{channels}.
+
+Defaults:
+@itemize @minus
+@item Sample rate = 44100 Hz - CD quality
+@item Bits = 16
+@item Number of channels = 2 - Stereo
+@end itemize
+
+@item stopcapture @var{index}
+Stop capture with a given @var{index}, index can be obtained with
+@example
+info capture
+@end example
+
+@item memsave @var{addr} @var{size} @var{file}
+save to disk virtual memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
+
+@item pmemsave @var{addr} @var{size} @var{file}
+save to disk physical memory dump starting at @var{addr} of size @var{size}.
+
+@item boot_set @var{bootdevicelist}
+
+Define new values for the boot device list. Those values will override
+the values specified on the command line through the @code{-boot} option.
+
+The values that can be specified here depend on the machine type, but are
+the same that can be specified in the @code{-boot} command line option.
+
+@item nmi @var{cpu}
+Inject an NMI on the given CPU.
+
+@item migrate [-d] @var{uri}
+Migrate to @var{uri} (using -d to not wait for completion).
+
+@item migrate_cancel
+Cancel the current VM migration.
+
+@item migrate_set_speed @var{value}
+Set maximum speed to @var{value} (in bytes) for migrations.
+
+@item balloon @var{value}
+Request VM to change its memory allocation to @var{value} (in MB).
+
+@item set_link @var{name} [up|down]
+Set link @var{name} up or down.
+
@end table
@subsection Integer expressions
@@ -2850,6 +2982,22 @@
A Linux 2.6 test image is available on the QEMU web site. More
information is available in the QEMU mailing-list archive.
+@c man begin OPTIONS
+
+The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
+
+@table @option
+
+@item -semihosting
+Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
+
+On ARM this implements the "Angel" interface.
+
+Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
+so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
+
+@end table
+
@node ColdFire System emulator
@section ColdFire System emulator
@@ -2876,6 +3024,22 @@
Two on-chip UARTs.
@end itemize
+@c man begin OPTIONS
+
+The following options are specific to the ARM emulation:
+
+@table @option
+
+@item -semihosting
+Enable semihosting syscall emulation.
+
+On M68K this implements the "ColdFire GDB" interface used by libgloss.
+
+Note that this allows guest direct access to the host filesystem,
+so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
+
+@end table
+
@node QEMU User space emulator
@chapter QEMU User space emulator
