Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] docs: add guidance on configuring CPU models for x86

[Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:18:47AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> With the recent set of CPU hardware vulnerabilities on x86, it is
> increasingly difficult to understand which CPU configurations are
> good to use and what flaws they might be vulnerable to.
> 
> This doc attempts to help management applications and administrators in
> picking sensible CPU configuration on x86 hosts. It outlines which of
> the named CPU models are good choices, and describes which extra CPU
> flags should be enabled to allow the guest to mitigate hardware flaws.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

This fails to build on a RHEL7 host:

# make qemu-doc.html V=1
LC_ALL=C makeinfo --no-split --number-sections -I docs -I . -I . --no-headers --html qemu-doc.texi -o qemu-doc.html
qemu-doc.texi:127: node `QEMU PC System emulator' lacks menu item for `cpu_models' despite being its Up target
qemu-doc.texi:605: node `cpu_models' lacks menu item for `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `preferred_cpu_models_intel_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `important_cpu_features_intel_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `preferred_cpu_models_amd_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `important_cpu_features_amd_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `default_cpu_models_x86' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:40: node `recommendations_cpu_models_x86' lacks menu item for `other_non_recommended_cpu_models_x86' despite being its Up target
qemu-doc.texi:605: node `cpu_models' lacks menu item for `cpu_model_syntax_apps' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:357: node `cpu_model_syntax_apps' lacks menu item for `cpu_model_syntax_qemu' despite being its Up target
docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi:357: node `cpu_model_syntax_apps' lacks menu item for `cpu_model_syntax_libvirt' despite being its Up target
make: *** [qemu-doc.html] Error 1
# rpm -qf /usr/bin/makeinfo 
texinfo-5.1-5.el7.x86_64

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Eduardo