From: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: [PULL 07/33] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 11:09:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200306110959.29461-8-peter.maydell@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200306110959.29461-1-peter.maydell@linaro.org>
From: Paolo Bonzini <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>
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Message-id: 20200228153619.9906-8-peter.maydell@linaro.org
Message-id: 20200226113034.6741-8-pbonzini@redhat.com
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
qemu-doc.texi | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 88e84300e91..40fab523f35 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
--
2.20.1
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-06 11:09 [PULL 00/33] docs queue Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 01/33] qemu-doc: convert user-mode emulation to a separate Sphinx manual Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 02/33] qemu-doc: remove target OS documentation Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 03/33] texi2pod: parse @include directives outside "@c man" blocks Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 04/33] qemu-doc: split CPU models doc between MIPS and x86 parts Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 05/33] qemu-doc: split qemu-doc.texi in multiple files Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 06/33] qemu-doc: extract common system emulator documentation from the PC section Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` Peter Maydell [this message]
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 08/33] qemu-doc: split target sections to separate files Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 09/33] qemu-doc: Remove the "CPU emulation" part of the "Implementation notes" Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 10/33] qemu-doc: move qemu-tech.texi into main section Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 11/33] qemu-doc: move included files to docs/system Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 12/33] qemu-doc: remove indices other than findex Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 13/33] docs/system: put qemu-block-drivers body in an included file Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 14/33] docs: Create defs.rst.inc as a place to define substitutions Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 15/33] docs/system: Convert qemu-cpu-models.texi to rST Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 16/33] docs/system: Convert security.texi to rST format Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 17/33] docs/system: convert managed startup to rST Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 18/33] docs/system: convert the documentation of deprecated features " Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 19/33] docs/system: convert Texinfo documentation " Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 20/33] hmp-commands.hx: Add rST documentation fragments Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 21/33] hmp-commands-info.hx: " Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 22/33] doc/scripts/hxtool.py: Strip trailing ':' from DEFHEADING/ARCHHEADING Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 23/33] docs: Roll semihosting option information into qemu-options.hx Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 24/33] docs: Roll -prom-env and -g target-specific info " Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 25/33] scripts/hxtool-conv: Archive script used in qemu-options.hx conversion Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 26/33] qemu-options.hx: Add rST documentation fragments Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 27/33] qemu-options.hx: Fix up the autogenerated rST Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 28/33] docs: Split out sections for the manpage into .rst.inc files Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 29/33] docs: Generate qemu.1 manpage with Sphinx Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 30/33] ui/cocoa.m: Update documentation file and pathname Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 31/33] docs: Stop building qemu-doc Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 32/33] docs: Remove old texinfo sources Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:09 ` [PULL 33/33] *.hx: Remove all the STEXI/ETEXI blocks Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:37 ` [PULL 00/33] docs queue no-reply
2020-03-06 11:52 ` Peter Maydell
2020-03-06 11:55 ` no-reply
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