Re: [kvm-ppc-devel] [PATCH] Add --disable-cpu-emulation to qemu help screen

[Jerone Young <jyoung5@us.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 16:47 -0600, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 16:34 -0600, Jerone Young wrote:
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User Jerone Young <jyoung5@us.ibm.com>
> > # Date 1204151598 21600
> > # Branch merge
> > # Node ID cd9eab52ef2d78809540518c4e18f4730d5d8400
> > # Parent  f255b23b6ef9461be4ee18fa0745f30c4fb66e6a
> > Add --disable-cpu-emulation to qemu help screen.
> > 
> > This patch adds a line to the help screen of configure for qemu to show the option --disable-cpu-emulation
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jerone Young <jyoung5@us.ibm.com>
> > 
> > diff --git a/qemu/configure b/qemu/configure
> > --- a/qemu/configure
> > +++ b/qemu/configure
> > @@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ echo "  --fmod-inc               path to
> >  echo "  --fmod-inc               path to FMOD includes"
> >  echo "  --enable-uname-release=R Return R for uname -r in usermode emulation"
> >  echo "  --sparc_cpu=V            Build qemu for Sparc architecture v7, v8, v8plus, v8plusa, v9"
> > +echo "  --no-cpu-emulation       disables use of qemu cpu emulation code"
> >  echo ""
> >  echo "NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched"
> >  exit 1
> 
> The patch summary is correct, but the help text is not.

Exactly how is this not correct? While on PowerPC at the moment the TCG
code is not there (and you need this option anyway)...on x86 using this
option does mean by passing the TCG CPU emulation code. If you use this
option you have to be using KVM.. what text do you think whould be
better ?

> 


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