[yocto] [PATCH][yocto-docs] dev-manual-qemu.xml: Add kvm-vhost option.

Aníbal Limón anibal.limon at linux.intel.com
Wed Nov 18 08:38:32 PST 2015


Hi Scott,

Your changes looks good thanks but i forget to move this line to kvm-vhost:

	Your build host has to have virtio net device, which are /dev/vhost-net.

Sorry for the inconveniences.

Sending another patch...

Best regards,
	alimon


On 11/18/2015 08:01 AM, Scott Rifenbark wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Applied this patch with some modifications.  Please see
> http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.0/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#qemu-using-the-runqemu-command
> for the changes.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Aníbal Limón <anibal.limon at linux.intel.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Since 2.0 release KVM mode don't require VHOST enablement [1]
>> and a new option was added to support the old mode.
>>
>> [1] http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=eebcbe19b7
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aníbal Limón <anibal.limon at linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>  documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml
>> b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml
>> index ccc915f..68d60e3 100644
>> --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml
>> +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-qemu.xml
>> @@ -219,6 +219,13 @@
>>                              The  build host <filename>/dev/kvm</filename>
>>                              directory has to be both writable and
>> readable.
>>                              </para></listitem>
>> +                    </itemizedlist>
>> +                    </para></listitem>
>> +                <listitem><para><filename>kvm-vhost</filename>:
>> +                    Enables KVM with VHOST support when running "qemux86"
>> or "qemux86-64"
>> +                    QEMU architectures.
>> +                    For KVM with VHOST to work, the conditions from kvm
>> option must be met also:
>> +                    <itemizedlist>
>>                          <listitem><para>
>>                              The build host
>> <filename>/dev/vhost-net</filename>
>>                              directory has to be either readable or
>> writable
>> --
>> 2.1.4
>>
>>
> 



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