From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: peter.maydell@linaro.org
Subject: [PATCH 07/18] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:30:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200226113034.6741-8-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200226113034.6741-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
The system requirements documented in this chapter are limited to x86 KVM targets.
Clean them up and move them to the target section.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
qemu-doc.texi | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 88e84300e9..dcf7281a00 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
* Introduction::
* QEMU System emulator::
* QEMU System emulator targets::
-* System requirements::
* Security::
* Implementation notes::
* Deprecated features::
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ various targets are mentioned in the following sections.
@menu
* pcsys_devices:: Peripherals
* cpu_models_x86:: Supported CPU model configurations on x86 hosts
+* pcsys_req:: OS requirements
@end menu
@node pcsys_devices
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and GUSMAX products
@include docs/system/cpu-models-x86.texi
@raisesections
+@node pcsys_req
+@subsection OS requirements
+
+On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
+require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+7 is also supported, since the required functionality was backported.
+
@node PowerPC System emulator
@section PowerPC System emulator
@cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
@@ -1038,19 +1045,6 @@ so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
@c man end
-@node System requirements
-@chapter System requirements
-
-@section KVM kernel module
-
-On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
-require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer.
-
-The OpteronG[345] CPU models require KVM support for RDTSCP, which was
-added with Linux 4.5 which is supported by the major distros. And even
-if RHEL7 has kernel 3.10, KVM there has the required functionality there
-to make it close to a 4.5 or newer kernel.
-
@include docs/security.texi
@include qemu-tech.texi
--
2.21.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-26 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-26 11:30 [PATCH v2 00/18] qemu-doc reorganization and Sphinx version Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 01/18] qemu-doc: convert user-mode emulation to a separate Sphinx manual Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:07 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 13:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 02/18] qemu-doc: remove target OS documentation Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 03/18] texi2pod: parse @include directives outside "@c man" blocks Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:13 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 04/18] qemu-doc: split CPU models doc between MIPS and x86 parts Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:29 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 05/18] qemu-doc: split qemu-doc.texi in multiple files Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:38 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 13:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 06/18] qemu-doc: extract common system emulator documentation from the PC section Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:41 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2020-02-27 11:42 ` [PATCH 07/18] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside " Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 08/18] qemu-doc: split target sections to separate files Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:45 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 09/18] qemu-doc: Remove the "CPU emulation" part of the "Implementation notes" Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 10/18] qemu-doc: move qemu-tech.texi into main section Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:47 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 11/18] qemu-doc: move included files to docs/system Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:50 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 12/18] qemu-doc: remove indices other than findex Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:50 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 13/18] docs/system: put qemu-block-drivers body in an included file Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 11:58 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 13:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 13:28 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 14/18] docs/system: Convert qemu-cpu-models.texi to rST Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 12:10 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 12:37 ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2020-02-27 14:19 ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2020-02-27 13:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 14:01 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 14:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 15/18] docs/system: Convert security.texi to rST format Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 16/18] docs/system: convert managed startup to rST Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 17/18] docs/system: convert the documentation of deprecated features " Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-26 11:30 ` [PATCH 18/18] docs/system: convert Texinfo documentation " Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 12:26 ` Peter Maydell
2020-02-27 13:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-02-27 15:04 ` Peter Maydell
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