1 HXCOMM Use
DEFHEADING() to define headings
in both help text and texi
2 HXCOMM Text between STEXI and ETEXI are copied to texi version and
3 HXCOMM discarded from C version
4 HXCOMM
DEF(option
, HAS_ARG
/0, opt_enum
, opt_help
) is used to construct
5 HXCOMM option structures
, enums and help message
.
6 HXCOMM HXCOMM can be used
for comments
, discarded from both texi and C
8 DEFHEADING(Standard options
:)
13 DEF("help", 0, QEMU_OPTION_h
,
14 "-h or -help display this help and exit\n")
20 DEF("version", 0, QEMU_OPTION_version
,
21 "-version display version information and exit\n")
24 Display version information and exit
27 DEF("M", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_M
,
28 "-M machine select emulated machine (-M ? for list)\n")
30 @item
-M @
var{machine
}
31 Select the emulated @
var{machine
} (@code
{-M ?
} for list
)
34 DEF("cpu", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_cpu
,
35 "-cpu cpu select CPU (-cpu ? for list)\n")
37 @item
-cpu @
var{model
}
38 Select CPU
model (-cpu ?
for list and additional feature selection
)
41 DEF("smp", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_smp
,
42 "-smp n set the number of CPUs to 'n' [default=1]\n")
45 Simulate an SMP system with @
var{n
} CPUs
. On the PC target
, up to
255
46 CPUs are supported
. On Sparc32 target
, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
50 DEF("numa", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_numa
,
51 "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n")
53 @item
-numa @
var{opts
}
54 Simulate a multi node NUMA system
. If mem and cpus are omitted
, resources
58 DEF("fda", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_fda
,
59 "-fda/-fdb file use 'file' as floppy disk 0/1 image\n")
60 DEF("fdb", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_fdb
, "")
64 Use @
var{file
} as floppy disk
0/1 image (@pxref
{disk_images
}). You can
65 use the host floppy by
using @file
{/dev
/fd0
} as
filename (@pxref
{host_drives
}).
68 DEF("hda", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_hda
,
69 "-hda/-hdb file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 0/1 image\n")
70 DEF("hdb", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_hdb
, "")
71 DEF("hdc", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_hdc
,
72 "-hdc/-hdd file use 'file' as IDE hard disk 2/3 image\n")
73 DEF("hdd", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_hdd
, "")
79 Use @
var{file
} as hard disk
0, 1, 2 or
3 image (@pxref
{disk_images
}).
82 DEF("cdrom", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_cdrom
,
83 "-cdrom file use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)\n")
85 @item
-cdrom @
var{file
}
86 Use @
var{file
} as CD
-ROM
image (you cannot use @option
{-hdc
} and
87 @option
{-cdrom
} at the same time
). You can use the host CD
-ROM by
88 using @file
{/dev
/cdrom
} as
filename (@pxref
{host_drives
}).
91 DEF("drive", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_drive
,
92 "-drive [file=file][,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m][,media=d][,index=i]\n"
93 " [,cyls=c,heads=h,secs=s[,trans=t]][,snapshot=on|off]\n"
94 " [,cache=writethrough|writeback|none][,format=f][,serial=s]\n"
95 " use 'file' as a drive image\n")
97 @item
-drive @
var{option
}[,@
var{option
}[,@
var{option
}[,...]]]
99 Define a
new drive
. Valid options are
:
102 @item file
=@
var{file
}
103 This option defines which disk
image (@pxref
{disk_images
}) to use with
104 this drive
. If the filename contains comma
, you must double it
105 (for instance
, "file=my,,file" to use file
"my,file").
106 @item
if=@
var{interface}
107 This option defines on which type on
interface the drive is connected
.
108 Available types are
: ide
, scsi
, sd
, mtd
, floppy
, pflash
, virtio
.
109 @item bus
=@
var{bus
},unit
=@
var{unit
}
110 These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus number and
112 @item index
=@
var{index
}
113 This option defines where is connected the drive by
using an index
in the list
114 of available connectors of a given
interface type
.
115 @item media
=@
var{media
}
116 This option defines the type of the media
: disk or cdrom
.
117 @item cyls
=@
var{c
},heads
=@
var{h
},secs
=@
var{s
}[,trans
=@
var{t
}]
118 These options have the same definition as they have
in @option
{-hdachs
}.
119 @item snapshot
=@
var{snapshot
}
120 @
var{snapshot
} is
"on" or
"off" and allows to enable snapshot
for given
drive (see @option
{-snapshot
}).
121 @item cache
=@
var{cache
}
122 @
var{cache
} is
"none", "writeback", or
"writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data
.
123 @item format
=@
var{format
}
124 Specify which disk @
var{format
} will be used rather than detecting
125 the format
. Can be used to specifiy format
=raw to avoid interpreting
126 an untrusted format header
.
127 @item serial
=@
var{serial
}
128 This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device
.
131 By
default, writethrough caching is used
for all block device
. This means that
132 the host page cache will be used to read and write data but write notification
133 will be sent to the guest only when the data has been reported as written by
134 the storage subsystem
.
136 Writeback caching will report data writes as completed as soon as the data is
137 present
in the host page cache
. This is safe as long as you trust your host
.
138 If your host crashes or loses power
, then the guest may experience data
139 corruption
. When
using the @option
{-snapshot
} option
, writeback caching is
142 The host page cache can be avoided entirely with @option
{cache
=none
}. This will
143 attempt to
do disk IO directly to the guests memory
. QEMU may still perform
144 an internal copy of the data
.
146 Some block drivers perform badly with @option
{cache
=writethrough
}, most notably
,
147 qcow2
. If performance is more important than correctness
,
148 @option
{cache
=writeback
} should be used with qcow2
. By
default, if no explicit
149 caching is specified
for a qcow2 disk image
, @option
{cache
=writeback
} will be
150 used
. For all other disk types
, @option
{cache
=writethrough
} is the
default.
152 Instead of @option
{-cdrom
} you can use
:
154 qemu
-drive file
=file
,index
=2,media
=cdrom
157 Instead of @option
{-hda
}, @option
{-hdb
}, @option
{-hdc
}, @option
{-hdd
}, you can
160 qemu
-drive file
=file
,index
=0,media
=disk
161 qemu
-drive file
=file
,index
=1,media
=disk
162 qemu
-drive file
=file
,index
=2,media
=disk
163 qemu
-drive file
=file
,index
=3,media
=disk
166 You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0
:
168 qemu
-drive file
=file
,if=ide
,index
=1,media
=cdrom
171 If you don
't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
173 qemu -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
176 You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0:
178 qemu -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
181 Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
183 qemu -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
184 qemu -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
187 By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
190 qemu -drive file=a -drive file=b"
198 DEF("mtdblock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mtdblock,
199 "-mtdblock file use 'file
' as on-board Flash memory image\n")
203 Use 'file
' as on-board Flash memory image.
206 DEF("sd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_sd,
207 "-sd file use 'file
' as SecureDigital card image\n")
210 Use 'file
' as SecureDigital card image.
213 DEF("pflash", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_pflash,
214 "-pflash file use 'file
' as a parallel flash image\n")
217 Use 'file
' as a parallel flash image.
220 DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
221 "-boot [a|c|d|n] boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or network (n)\n")
223 @item -boot [a|c|d|n]
224 Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or Etherboot (n). Hard disk boot
228 DEF("snapshot", 0, QEMU_OPTION_snapshot,
229 "-snapshot write to temporary files instead of disk image files\n")
232 Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
233 the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
234 the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
237 DEF("m", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_m,
238 "-m megs set virtual RAM size to megs MB [default=%d]\n")
241 Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB. Optionally,
242 a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in megabytes or
243 gigabytes respectively.
246 DEF("k", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_k,
247 "-k language use keyboard layout (for example 'fr
' for French)\n")
249 @item -k @var{language}
251 Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
252 French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
253 keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
254 display). You don't normally need to use it on PC
/Linux or PC
/Windows
257 The available layouts are
:
259 ar de
-ch es fo fr
-ca hu ja mk no pt
-br sv
260 da en
-gb et fr fr
-ch is lt nl pl ru th
261 de en
-us fi fr
-be hr it lv nl
-be pt sl tr
264 The
default is @code
{en
-us
}.
269 DEF("audio-help", 0, QEMU_OPTION_audio_help
,
270 "-audio-help print list of audio drivers and their options\n")
275 Will show the audio subsystem help
: list of drivers
, tunable
280 DEF("soundhw", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_soundhw
,
281 "-soundhw c1,... enable audio support\n"
282 " and only specified sound cards (comma separated list)\n"
283 " use -soundhw ? to get the list of supported cards\n"
284 " use -soundhw all to enable all of them\n")
287 @item
-soundhw @
var{card1
}[,@
var{card2
},...] or
-soundhw all
289 Enable audio and selected sound hardware
. Use ? to print all
290 available sound hardware
.
293 qemu
-soundhw sb16
,adlib disk
.img
294 qemu
-soundhw es1370 disk
.img
295 qemu
-soundhw ac97 disk
.img
296 qemu
-soundhw all disk
.img
300 Note that Linux
's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might
301 require manually specifying clocking.
304 modprobe i810_audio clocking=48000
312 DEF("usb", 0, QEMU_OPTION_usb,
313 "-usb enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)\n")
319 Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
322 DEF("usbdevice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_usbdevice,
323 "-usbdevice name add the host or guest USB device 'name
'\n")
326 @item -usbdevice @var{devname}
327 Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
332 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
335 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen). This
336 means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the
337 mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
339 @item disk:[format=@var{format}]:file
340 Mass storage device based on file. The optional @var{format} argument
341 will be used rather than detecting the format. Can be used to specifiy
342 format=raw to avoid interpreting an untrusted format header.
345 Pass through the host device identified by bus.addr (Linux only).
347 @item host:vendor_id:product_id
348 Pass through the host device identified by vendor_id:product_id (Linux only).
350 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,productid=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
351 Serial converter to host character device @var{dev}, see @code{-serial} for the
355 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
359 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
364 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
365 "-name string set the name of the guest\n")
367 @item -name @var{name}
368 Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
369 This name will be displayed in the SDL window caption.
370 The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
373 DEF("uuid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_uuid,
374 "-uuid %%08x-%%04x-%%04x-%%04x-%%012x\n"
375 " specify machine UUID\n")
377 @item -uuid @var{uuid}
387 DEFHEADING(Display options:)
393 DEF("nographic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nographic,
394 "-nographic disable graphical output and redirect serial I/Os to console\n")
398 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
399 you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
400 command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
401 the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
402 with a serial console.
406 DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses,
407 "-curses use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL\n")
412 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
413 QEMU can display the VGA output when in text mode using a
414 curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical mode.
418 DEF("no-frame", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_frame,
419 "-no-frame open SDL window without a frame and window decorations\n")
424 Do not use decorations for SDL windows and start them using the whole
425 available screen space. This makes the using QEMU in a dedicated desktop
426 workspace more convenient.
430 DEF("alt-grab", 0, QEMU_OPTION_alt_grab,
431 "-alt-grab use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt)\n")
436 Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
440 DEF("no-quit", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_quit,
441 "-no-quit disable SDL window close capability\n")
446 Disable SDL window close capability.
450 DEF("sdl", 0, QEMU_OPTION_sdl,
459 DEF("portrait", 0, QEMU_OPTION_portrait,
460 "-portrait rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD)\n")
464 Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
467 DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga,
468 "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|xenfb|none]\n"
469 " select video card type\n")
471 @item -vga @var{type}
472 Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
475 Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
476 Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
477 performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
478 (This one is the default)
480 Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
481 supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
482 to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
485 VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
486 recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
493 DEF("full-screen", 0, QEMU_OPTION_full_screen,
494 "-full-screen start in full screen\n")
497 Start in full screen.
500 #if defined(TARGET_PPC) || defined(TARGET_SPARC)
501 DEF("g", 1, QEMU_OPTION_g ,
502 "-g WxH[xDEPTH] Set the initial graphical resolution and depth\n")
507 DEF("vnc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vnc ,
508 "-vnc display start a VNC server on display\n")
510 @item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
512 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
513 you can have QEMU listen on VNC display @var{display} and redirect the VGA
514 display over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb
515 tablet device when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice
516 tablet}). When using the VNC display, you must use the @option{-k}
517 parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are not using en-us. Valid
518 syntax for the @var{display} is
522 @item @var{host}:@var{d}
524 TCP connections will only be allowed from @var{host} on display @var{d}.
525 By convention the TCP port is 5900+@var{d}. Optionally, @var{host} can
526 be omitted in which case the server will accept connections from any host.
528 @item @code{unix}:@var{path}
530 Connections will be allowed over UNIX domain sockets where @var{path} is the
531 location of a unix socket to listen for connections on.
535 VNC is initialized but not started. The monitor @code{change} command
536 can be used to later start the VNC server.
540 Following the @var{display} value there may be one or more @var{option} flags
541 separated by commas. Valid options are
547 Connect to a listening VNC client via a ``reverse'' connection. The
548 client is specified by the @var{display}. For reverse network
549 connections (@var{host}:@var{d},@code{reverse}), the @var{d} argument
550 is a TCP port number, not a display number.
554 Require that password based authentication is used for client connections.
555 The password must be set separately using the @code{change} command in the
560 Require that client use TLS when communicating with the VNC server. This
561 uses anonymous TLS credentials so is susceptible to a man-in-the-middle
562 attack. It is recommended that this option be combined with either the
563 @var{x509} or @var{x509verify} options.
565 @item x509=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
567 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
568 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
569 to the client. It is recommended that a password be set on the VNC server
570 to provide authentication of the client when this is used. The path following
571 this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to be loaded from.
572 See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating certificates.
574 @item x509verify=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
576 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
577 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
578 to the client, and request that the client send its own x509 certificate.
579 The server will validate the client's certificate against the CA certificate
,
580 and reject clients when validation fails
. If the certificate authority is
581 trusted
, this is a sufficient authentication mechanism
. You may still wish
582 to set a password on the VNC server as a second authentication layer
. The
583 path following
this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to
584 be loaded from
. See the @ref
{vnc_security
} section
for details on generating
589 Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the VNC server
.
590 The exact choice of authentication method used is controlled from the
591 system
/ user
's SASL configuration file for the 'qemu
' service. This
592 is typically found in /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
593 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
594 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
595 While some SASL auth methods can also provide data encryption (eg GSSAPI),
596 it is recommended that SASL always be combined with the 'tls
' and
597 'x509
' settings to enable use of SSL and server certificates. This
598 ensures a data encryption preventing compromise of authentication
599 credentials. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on using
604 Turn on access control lists for checking of the x509 client certificate
605 and SASL party. For x509 certs, the ACL check is made against the
606 certificate's distinguished name
. This is something that looks like
607 @code
{C
=GB
,O
=ACME
,L
=Boston
,CN
=bob
}. For SASL party
, the ACL check is
608 made against the username
, which depending on the SASL plugin
, may
609 include a realm component
, eg @code
{bob
} or @code
{bob@@EXAMPLE
.COM
}.
610 When the @option
{acl
} flag is set
, the initial access list will be
611 empty
, with a @code
{deny
} policy
. Thus no one will be allowed to
612 use the VNC server until the ACLs have been loaded
. This can be
613 achieved
using the @code
{acl
} monitor command
.
625 DEFHEADING(i386 target only
:)
632 DEF("win2k-hack", 0, QEMU_OPTION_win2k_hack
,
633 "-win2k-hack use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug\n")
637 Use it when installing Windows
2000 to avoid a disk full bug
. After
638 Windows
2000 is installed
, you no longer need
this option (this option
639 slows down the IDE transfers
).
643 DEF("rtc-td-hack", 0, QEMU_OPTION_rtc_td_hack
,
644 "-rtc-td-hack use it to fix time drift in Windows ACPI HAL\n")
648 Use it
if you experience time drift problem
in Windows with ACPI HAL
.
649 This option will
try to figure out how many timer interrupts were not
650 processed by the Windows guest and will re
-inject them
.
654 DEF("no-fd-bootchk", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_fd_bootchk
,
655 "-no-fd-bootchk disable boot signature checking for floppy disks\n")
659 Disable boot signature checking
for floppy disks
in Bochs BIOS
. It may
660 be needed to boot from old floppy disks
.
664 DEF("no-acpi", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_acpi
,
665 "-no-acpi disable ACPI\n")
669 Disable
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
) support
. Use
670 it
if your guest OS complains about ACPI
problems (PC target machine
675 DEF("no-hpet", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_hpet
,
676 "-no-hpet disable HPET\n")
680 Disable HPET support
.
684 DEF("acpitable", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_acpitable
,
685 "-acpitable [sig=str][,rev=n][,oem_id=str][,oem_table_id=str][,oem_rev=n][,asl_compiler_id=str][,asl_compiler_rev=n][,data=file1[:file2]...]\n"
686 " ACPI table description\n")
689 @item
-acpitable
[sig
=@
var{str
}][,rev
=@
var{n
}][,oem_id
=@
var{str
}][,oem_table_id
=@
var{str
}][,oem_rev
=@
var{n
}] [,asl_compiler_id
=@
var{str
}][,asl_compiler_rev
=@
var{n
}][,data
=@
var{file1
}[:@
var{file2
}]...]
690 Add ACPI table with specified header fields and context from specified files
.
694 DEF("smbios", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_smbios
,
695 "-smbios file=binary\n"
696 " Load SMBIOS entry from binary file\n"
697 "-smbios type=0[,vendor=str][,version=str][,date=str][,release=%%d.%%d]\n"
698 " Specify SMBIOS type 0 fields\n"
699 "-smbios type=1[,manufacturer=str][,product=str][,version=str][,serial=str]\n"
700 " [,uuid=uuid][,sku=str][,family=str]\n"
701 " Specify SMBIOS type 1 fields\n")
704 @item
-smbios file
=@
var{binary
}
705 Load SMBIOS entry from binary file
.
707 @item
-smbios type
=0[,vendor
=@
var{str
}][,version
=@
var{str
}][,date
=@
var{str
}][,release
=@
var{%d
.%d
}]
708 Specify SMBIOS type
0 fields
710 @item
-smbios type
=1[,manufacturer
=@
var{str
}][,product
=@
var{str
}][,version
=@
var{str
}][,serial
=@
var{str
}][,uuid
=@
var{uuid
}][,sku
=@
var{str
}][,family
=@
var{str
}]
711 Specify SMBIOS type
1 fields
721 DEFHEADING(Network options
:)
726 DEF("net", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_net
, \
727 "-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type][,name=str]\n"
728 " create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN 'n'\n"
730 "-net user[,vlan=n][,name=str][,hostname=host]\n"
731 " connect the user mode network stack to VLAN 'n' and send\n"
732 " hostname 'host' to DHCP clients\n"
735 "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str],ifname=name\n"
736 " connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n'\n"
738 "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]\n"
739 " connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n' and use the\n"
740 " network scripts 'file' (default=%s)\n"
741 " and 'dfile' (default=%s);\n"
742 " use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution;\n"
743 " use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP interface\n"
745 "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
746 " connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket connection\n"
747 "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]\n"
748 " connect the vlan 'n' to multicast maddr and port\n"
750 "-net vde[,vlan=n][,name=str][,sock=socketpath][,port=n][,group=groupname][,mode=octalmode]\n"
751 " connect the vlan 'n' to port 'n' of a vde switch running\n"
752 " on host and listening for incoming connections on 'socketpath'.\n"
753 " Use group 'groupname' and mode 'octalmode' to change default\n"
754 " ownership and permissions for communication port.\n"
756 "-net dump[,vlan=n][,file=f][,len=n]\n"
757 " dump traffic on vlan 'n' to file 'f' (max n bytes per packet)\n"
758 "-net none use it alone to have zero network devices; if no -net option\n"
759 " is provided, the default is '-net nic -net user'\n")
761 @item
-net nic
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}][,macaddr
=@
var{addr
}][,model
=@
var{type
}][,name
=@
var{name
}]
762 Create a
new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @
var{n
} (@
var{n
}
763 = 0 is the
default). The NIC is an ne2k_pci by
default on the PC
764 target
. Optionally
, the MAC address can be changed to @
var{addr
}
765 and a @
var{name
} can be assigned
for use
in monitor commands
. If no
766 @option
{-net
} option is specified
, a single NIC is created
.
767 Qemu can emulate several different models of network card
.
768 Valid values
for @
var{type
} are
769 @code
{i82551
}, @code
{i82557b
}, @code
{i82559er
},
770 @code
{ne2k_pci
}, @code
{ne2k_isa
}, @code
{pcnet
}, @code
{rtl8139
},
771 @code
{e1000
}, @code
{smc91c111
}, @code
{lance
} and @code
{mcf_fec
}.
772 Not all devices are supported on all targets
. Use
-net nic
,model
=?
773 for a list of available devices
for your target
.
775 @item
-net user
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}][,hostname
=@
var{name
}][,name
=@
var{name
}]
776 Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
777 privilege to run
. @option
{hostname
=name
} can be used to specify the client
778 hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server
.
780 @item
-net channel
,@
var{port
}:@
var{dev
}
781 Forward @option
{user
} TCP connection to port @
var{port
} to character device @
var{dev
}
783 @item
-net tap
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}][,name
=@
var{name
}][,fd
=@
var{h
}][,ifname
=@
var{name
}][,script
=@
var{file
}][,downscript
=@
var{dfile
}]
784 Connect the host TAP network
interface @
var{name
} to VLAN @
var{n
}, use
785 the network script @
var{file
} to configure it and the network script
786 @
var{dfile
} to deconfigure it
. If @
var{name
} is not provided
, the OS
787 automatically provides one
. @option
{fd
}=@
var{h
} can be used to specify
788 the handle of an already opened host TAP
interface. The
default network
789 configure script is @file
{/etc
/qemu
-ifup
} and the
default network
790 deconfigure script is @file
{/etc
/qemu
-ifdown
}. Use @option
{script
=no
}
791 or @option
{downscript
=no
} to disable script execution
. Example
:
794 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
-net tap
797 More complicated
example (two NICs
, each one connected to a TAP device
)
799 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,vlan
=0 -net tap
,vlan
=0,ifname
=tap0 \
800 -net nic
,vlan
=1 -net tap
,vlan
=1,ifname
=tap1
803 @item
-net socket
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}][,name
=@
var{name
}][,fd
=@
var{h
}][,listen
=[@
var{host
}]:@
var{port
}][,connect
=@
var{host
}:@
var{port
}]
805 Connect the VLAN @
var{n
} to a remote VLAN
in another QEMU virtual
806 machine
using a TCP socket connection
. If @option
{listen
} is
807 specified
, QEMU waits
for incoming connections on @
var{port
}
808 (@
var{host
} is optional
). @option
{connect
} is used to connect to
809 another QEMU instance
using the @option
{listen
} option
. @option
{fd
}=@
var{h
}
810 specifies an already opened TCP socket
.
814 # launch a first QEMU instance
815 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,macaddr
=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
816 -net socket
,listen
=:1234
817 # connect the VLAN
0 of
this instance to the VLAN
0
818 # of the first instance
819 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,macaddr
=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
820 -net socket
,connect
=127.0.0.1:1234
823 @item
-net socket
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}][,name
=@
var{name
}][,fd
=@
var{h
}][,mcast
=@
var{maddr
}:@
var{port
}]
825 Create a VLAN @
var{n
} shared with another QEMU virtual
826 machines
using a UDP multicast socket
, effectively making a bus
for
827 every QEMU with same multicast address @
var{maddr
} and @
var{port
}.
831 Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same
bus (assuming
832 correct multicast setup
for these hosts
).
834 mcast support is compatible with User Mode
Linux (argument @option
{eth@
var{N
}=mcast
}), see
835 @url
{http
://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
837 Use @option
{fd
=h
} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket
.
842 # launch one QEMU instance
843 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,macaddr
=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
844 -net socket
,mcast
=230.0.0.1:1234
845 # launch another QEMU instance on same
"bus"
846 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,macaddr
=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
847 -net socket
,mcast
=230.0.0.1:1234
848 # launch yet another QEMU instance on same
"bus"
849 qemu linux
.img
-net nic
,macaddr
=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
850 -net socket
,mcast
=230.0.0.1:1234
853 Example (User Mode Linux compat
.):
855 # launch QEMU
instance (note mcast address selected
857 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
858 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
860 /path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
863 @item -net vde[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,sock=@var{socketpath}][,port=@var{n}][,group=@var{groupname}][,mode=@var{octalmode}]
864 Connect VLAN @var{n} to PORT @var{n} of a vde switch running on host and
865 listening for incoming connections on @var{socketpath}. Use GROUP @var{groupname}
866 and MODE @var{octalmode} to change default ownership and permissions for
867 communication port. This option is available only if QEMU has been compiled
868 with vde support enabled.
873 vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch
874 # launch QEMU instance
875 qemu linux.img -net nic -net vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
878 @item -net dump[,vlan=@var{n}][,file=@var{file}][,len=@var{len}]
879 Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
880 At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file format is
881 libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark.
884 Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
885 override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
886 is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
890 DEF("tftp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tftp, \
891 "-tftp dir allow tftp access to files in dir [-net user]\n")
894 @item -tftp @var{dir}
895 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
896 server. The files in @var{dir} will be exposed as the root of a TFTP server.
897 The TFTP client on the guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command
898 @code{bin} of the Unix TFTP client). The host IP address on the guest is as
903 DEF("bootp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bootp, \
904 "-bootp file advertise file in BOOTP replies\n")
907 @item -bootp @var{file}
908 When using the user mode network stack, broadcast @var{file} as the BOOTP
909 filename. In conjunction with @option{-tftp}, this can be used to network boot
910 a guest from a local directory.
912 Example (using pxelinux):
914 qemu -hda linux.img -boot n -tftp /path/to/tftp/files -bootp /pxelinux.0
919 DEF("smb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smb, \
920 "-smb dir allow SMB access to files in 'dir
' [-net user]\n")
924 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
925 server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{@var{dir}}
928 In the guest Windows OS, the line:
932 must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
933 or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
935 Then @file{@var{dir}} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
937 Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
938 @file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested successfully with smbd version
939 2.2.7a from the Red Hat 9 and version 3.0.10-1.fc3 from Fedora Core 3.
943 DEF("redir", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_redir, \
944 "-redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port\n" \
945 " redirect TCP or UDP connections from host to guest [-net user]\n")
948 @item -redir [tcp|udp]:@var{host-port}:[@var{guest-host}]:@var{guest-port}
950 When using the user mode network stack, redirect incoming TCP or UDP
951 connections to the host port @var{host-port} to the guest
952 @var{guest-host} on guest port @var{guest-port}. If @var{guest-host}
953 is not specified, its value is 10.0.2.15 (default address given by the
954 built-in DHCP server). If no connection type is specified, TCP is used.
956 For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
957 screen 0, use the following:
961 qemu -redir tcp:6001::6000 [...]
962 # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
966 To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
967 the guest, use the following:
971 qemu -redir tcp:5555::23 [...]
972 telnet localhost 5555
975 Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
976 connect to the guest telnet server.
981 DEF("bt", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bt, \
983 "-bt hci,null dumb bluetooth HCI - doesn't respond to commands
\n" \
984 "-bt hci
,host
[:id
]\n" \
985 " use host
's HCI with the given name\n" \
986 "-bt hci[,vlan=n]\n" \
987 " emulate a standard HCI in virtual scatternet 'n
'\n" \
988 "-bt vhci[,vlan=n]\n" \
989 " add host computer to virtual scatternet 'n
' using VHCI\n" \
990 "-bt device:dev[,vlan=n]\n" \
991 " emulate a bluetooth device 'dev
' in scatternet 'n
'\n")
993 Bluetooth(R) options:
997 Defines the function of the corresponding Bluetooth HCI. -bt options
998 are matched with the HCIs present in the chosen machine type. For
999 example when emulating a machine with only one HCI built into it, only
1000 the first @code{-bt hci[...]} option is valid and defines the HCI's
1001 logic
. The Transport Layer is decided by the machine type
. Currently
1002 the machines @code
{n800
} and @code
{n810
} have one HCI and all other
1006 The following three types are recognized
:
1010 (default) The corresponding Bluetooth HCI assumes no internal logic
1011 and will not respond to any HCI commands or emit events
.
1013 @item
-bt hci
,host
[:@
var{id
}]
1014 (@code
{bluez
} only
) The corresponding HCI passes commands
/ events
1015 to
/ from the physical HCI identified by the name @
var{id
} (default:
1016 @code
{hci0
}) on the computer running QEMU
. Only available on @code
{bluez
}
1017 capable systems like Linux
.
1019 @item
-bt hci
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}]
1020 Add a virtual
, standard HCI that will participate
in the Bluetooth
1021 scatternet @
var{n
} (default @code
{0}). Similarly to @option
{-net
}
1022 VLANs
, devices inside a bluetooth network @
var{n
} can only communicate
1023 with other devices
in the same
network (scatternet
).
1026 @item
-bt vhci
[,vlan
=@
var{n
}]
1027 (Linux
-host only
) Create a HCI
in scatternet @
var{n
} (default 0) attached
1028 to the host bluetooth stack instead of to the emulated target
. This
1029 allows the host and target machines to participate
in a common scatternet
1030 and communicate
. Requires the Linux @code
{vhci
} driver installed
. Can
1031 be used as following
:
1034 qemu
[...OPTIONS
...] -bt hci
,vlan
=5 -bt vhci
,vlan
=5
1037 @item
-bt device
:@
var{dev
}[,vlan
=@
var{n
}]
1038 Emulate a bluetooth device @
var{dev
} and place it
in network @
var{n
}
1039 (default @code
{0}). QEMU can only emulate one type of bluetooth devices
1044 Virtual wireless keyboard implementing the HIDP bluetooth profile
.
1051 DEFHEADING(Linux boot specific
:)
1053 When
using these options
, you can use a given
1054 Linux kernel without installing it
in the disk image
. It can be useful
1055 for easier testing of various kernels
.
1060 DEF("kernel", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_kernel
, \
1061 "-kernel bzImage use 'bzImage' as kernel image\n")
1063 @item
-kernel @
var{bzImage
}
1064 Use @
var{bzImage
} as kernel image
.
1067 DEF("append", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_append
, \
1068 "-append cmdline use 'cmdline' as kernel command line\n")
1070 @item
-append @
var{cmdline
}
1071 Use @
var{cmdline
} as kernel command line
1074 DEF("initrd", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_initrd
, \
1075 "-initrd file use 'file' as initial ram disk\n")
1077 @item
-initrd @
var{file
}
1078 Use @
var{file
} as initial ram disk
.
1087 DEFHEADING(Debug
/Expert options
:)
1093 DEF("serial", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_serial
, \
1094 "-serial dev redirect the serial port to char device 'dev'\n")
1096 @item
-serial @
var{dev
}
1097 Redirect the virtual serial port to host character device
1098 @
var{dev
}. The
default device is @code
{vc
} in graphical mode and
1099 @code
{stdio
} in non graphical mode
.
1101 This option can be used several times to simulate up to
4 serial
1104 Use @code
{-serial none
} to disable all serial ports
.
1106 Available character devices are
:
1109 Virtual console
. Optionally
, a width and height can be given
in pixel with
1113 It is also possible to specify width or height
in characters
:
1118 [Linux only
] Pseudo
TTY (a
new PTY is automatically allocated
)
1120 No device is allocated
.
1124 [Linux only
] Use host tty
, e
.g
. @file
{/dev
/ttyS0
}. The host serial port
1125 parameters are set according to the emulated ones
.
1126 @item
/dev
/parport@
var{N
}
1127 [Linux only
, parallel port only
] Use host parallel port
1128 @
var{N
}. Currently SPP and EPP parallel port features can be used
.
1129 @item file
:@
var{filename
}
1130 Write output to @
var{filename
}. No character can be read
.
1132 [Unix only
] standard input
/output
1133 @item pipe
:@
var{filename
}
1134 name pipe @
var{filename
}
1136 [Windows only
] Use host serial port @
var{n
}
1137 @item udp
:[@
var{remote_host
}]:@
var{remote_port
}[@@
[@
var{src_ip
}]:@
var{src_port
}]
1138 This
implements UDP Net Console
.
1139 When @
var{remote_host
} or @
var{src_ip
} are not specified
1140 they
default to @code
{0.0.0.0}.
1141 When not
using a specified @
var{src_port
} a random port is automatically chosen
.
1143 Three button serial mouse
. Configure the guest to use Microsoft protocol
.
1145 If you just want a simple readonly console you can use @code
{netcat
} or
1146 @code
{nc
}, by starting qemu with
: @code
{-serial udp
::4555} and nc as
:
1147 @code
{nc
-u
-l
-p
4555}. Any time qemu writes something to that port it
1148 will appear
in the netconsole session
.
1150 If you plan to send characters back via netconsole or you want to stop
1151 and start qemu a lot of times
, you should have qemu use the same
1152 source port each time by
using something like @code
{-serial
1153 udp
::4555@@
:4556} to qemu
. Another approach is to use a patched
1154 version of netcat which can listen to a TCP port and send and receive
1155 characters via udp
. If you have a patched version of netcat which
1156 activates telnet remote echo and single char transfer
, then you can
1157 use the following options to step up a netcat redirector to allow
1158 telnet on port
5555 to access the qemu port
.
1161 -serial udp
::4555@@
:4556
1162 @item netcat options
:
1163 -u
-P
4555 -L
0.0.0.0:4556 -t
-p
5555 -I
-T
1164 @item telnet options
:
1168 @item tcp
:[@
var{host
}]:@
var{port
}[,@
var{server
}][,nowait
][,nodelay
]
1169 The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation
. It can send the serial
1170 I
/O to a location or wait
for a connection from a location
. By
default
1171 the TCP Net Console is sent to @
var{host
} at the @
var{port
}. If you use
1172 the @
var{server
} option QEMU will wait
for a client socket application
1173 to connect to the port before continuing
, unless the @code
{nowait
}
1174 option was specified
. The @code
{nodelay
} option disables the Nagle buffering
1175 algorithm
. If @
var{host
} is omitted
, 0.0.0.0 is assumed
. Only
1176 one TCP connection at a time is accepted
. You can use @code
{telnet
} to
1177 connect to the corresponding character device
.
1179 @item Example to send tcp console to
192.168.0.2 port
4444
1180 -serial tcp
:192.168.0.2:4444
1181 @item Example to listen and wait on port
4444 for connection
1182 -serial tcp
::4444,server
1183 @item Example to not wait and listen on ip
192.168.0.100 port
4444
1184 -serial tcp
:192.168.0.100:4444,server
,nowait
1187 @item telnet
:@
var{host
}:@
var{port
}[,server
][,nowait
][,nodelay
]
1188 The telnet protocol is used instead of raw tcp sockets
. The options
1189 work the same as
if you had specified @code
{-serial tcp
}. The
1190 difference is that the port acts like a telnet server or client
using
1191 telnet option negotiation
. This will also allow you to send the
1192 MAGIC_SYSRQ sequence
if you use a telnet that supports sending the
break
1193 sequence
. Typically
in unix telnet you
do it with Control
-] and then
1194 type
"send break" followed by pressing the enter key
.
1196 @item unix
:@
var{path
}[,server
][,nowait
]
1197 A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket
. The option works the
1198 same as
if you had specified @code
{-serial tcp
} except the unix domain socket
1199 @
var{path
} is used
for connections
.
1201 @item mon
:@
var{dev_string
}
1202 This is a special option to allow the monitor to be multiplexed onto
1203 another serial port
. The monitor is accessed with key sequence of
1204 @key
{Control
-a
} and then pressing @key
{c
}. See monitor access
1205 @ref
{pcsys_keys
} in the
-nographic section
for more keys
.
1206 @
var{dev_string
} should be any one of the serial devices specified
1207 above
. An example to multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server
1208 listening on port
4444 would be
:
1210 @item
-serial mon
:telnet
::4444,server
,nowait
1214 Braille device
. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1220 DEF("parallel", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_parallel
, \
1221 "-parallel dev redirect the parallel port to char device 'dev'\n")
1223 @item
-parallel @
var{dev
}
1224 Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @
var{dev
} (same
1225 devices as the serial port
). On Linux hosts
, @file
{/dev
/parportN
} can
1226 be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
1229 This option can be used several times to simulate up to
3 parallel
1232 Use @code
{-parallel none
} to disable all parallel ports
.
1235 DEF("monitor", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_monitor
, \
1236 "-monitor dev redirect the monitor to char device 'dev'\n")
1238 @item
-monitor @
var{dev
}
1239 Redirect the monitor to host device @
var{dev
} (same devices as the
1241 The
default device is @code
{vc
} in graphical mode and @code
{stdio
} in
1245 DEF("pidfile", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_pidfile
, \
1246 "-pidfile file write PID to 'file'\n")
1248 @item
-pidfile @
var{file
}
1249 Store the QEMU process PID
in @
var{file
}. It is useful
if you launch QEMU
1253 DEF("singlestep", 0, QEMU_OPTION_singlestep
, \
1254 "-singlestep always run in singlestep mode\n")
1257 Run the emulation
in single step mode
.
1260 DEF("S", 0, QEMU_OPTION_S
, \
1261 "-S freeze CPU at startup (use 'c' to start execution)\n")
1264 Do not start CPU at
startup (you must type
'c' in the monitor
).
1267 DEF("gdb", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_gdb
, \
1268 "-gdb dev wait for gdb connection on 'dev'\n")
1270 @item
-gdb @
var{dev
}
1271 Wait
for gdb connection on device @
var{dev
} (@pxref
{gdb_usage
}). Typical
1272 connections will likely be TCP
-based
, but also UDP
, pseudo TTY
, or even
1273 stdio are reasonable use
case. The latter is allowing to start qemu from
1274 within gdb and establish the connection via a pipe
:
1276 (gdb
) target remote | exec qemu
-gdb stdio
...
1280 DEF("s", 0, QEMU_OPTION_s
, \
1281 "-s shorthand for -gdb tcp::%s\n")
1284 Shorthand
for -gdb tcp
::1234, i
.e
. open a gdbserver on TCP port
1234
1285 (@pxref
{gdb_usage
}).
1288 DEF("d", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_d
, \
1289 "-d item1,... output log to %s (use -d ? for a list of log items)\n")
1292 Output log
in /tmp
/qemu
.log
1295 DEF("hdachs", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_hdachs
, \
1296 "-hdachs c,h,s[,t]\n" \
1297 " force hard disk 0 physical geometry and the optional BIOS\n" \
1298 " translation (t=none or lba) (usually qemu can guess them)\n")
1300 @item
-hdachs @
var{c
},@
var{h
},@
var{s
},[,@
var{t
}]
1301 Force hard disk
0 physical
geometry (1 <= @
var{c
} <= 16383, 1 <=
1302 @
var{h
} <= 16, 1 <= @
var{s
} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
1303 translation
mode (@
var{t
}=none
, lba or auto
). Usually QEMU can guess
1304 all those parameters
. This option is useful
for old MS
-DOS disk
1308 DEF("L", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_L
, \
1309 "-L path set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps\n")
1312 Set the directory
for the BIOS
, VGA BIOS and keymaps
.
1315 DEF("bios", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_bios
, \
1316 "-bios file set the filename for the BIOS\n")
1318 @item
-bios @
var{file
}
1319 Set the filename
for the BIOS
.
1323 DEF("kernel-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_kernel_kqemu
, \
1324 "-kernel-kqemu enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only)\n")
1328 Enable KQEMU full
virtualization (default is user mode only
).
1332 DEF("no-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kqemu
, \
1333 "-no-kqemu disable KQEMU kernel module usage\n")
1337 Disable KQEMU kernel module usage
. KQEMU options are only available
if
1338 KQEMU support is enabled when compiling
.
1342 DEF("enable-kvm", 0, QEMU_OPTION_enable_kvm
, \
1343 "-enable-kvm enable KVM full virtualization support\n")
1347 Enable KVM full virtualization support
. This option is only available
1348 if KVM support is enabled when compiling
.
1352 DEF("xen-domid", HAS_ARG
, QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid
,
1353 "-xen-domid id specify xen guest domain id\n")
1354 DEF("xen-create", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_create
,
1355 "-xen-create create domain using xen hypercalls, bypassing xend\n"
1356 " warning: should not be used when xend is in use\n")
1357 DEF("xen-attach", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach
,
1358 "-xen-attach attach to existing xen domain\n"
1359 " xend will use this when starting qemu\n")
1362 DEF("no-reboot", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_reboot
, \
1363 "-no-reboot exit instead of rebooting\n")
1366 Exit instead of rebooting
.
1369 DEF("no-shutdown", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_shutdown
, \
1370 "-no-shutdown stop before shutdown\n")
1373 Don
't exit QEMU on guest shutdown, but instead only stop the emulation.
1374 This allows for instance switching to monitor to commit changes to the
1378 DEF("loadvm", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_loadvm, \
1379 "-loadvm [tag|id]\n" \
1380 " start right away with a saved state (loadvm in monitor)\n")
1382 @item -loadvm @var{file}
1383 Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
1387 DEF("daemonize", 0, QEMU_OPTION_daemonize, \
1388 "-daemonize daemonize QEMU after initializing\n")
1392 Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
1393 standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
1394 This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
1395 to cope with initialization race conditions.
1398 DEF("option-rom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_option_rom, \
1399 "-option-rom rom load a file, rom, into the option ROM space\n")
1401 @item -option-rom @var{file}
1402 Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
1403 This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
1406 DEF("clock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_clock, \
1407 "-clock force the use of the given methods for timer alarm.\n" \
1408 " To see what timers are available use -clock ?\n")
1410 @item -clock @var{method}
1411 Force the use of the given methods for timer alarm. To see what timers
1412 are available use -clock ?.
1415 DEF("localtime", 0, QEMU_OPTION_localtime, \
1416 "-localtime set the real time clock to local time [default=utc]\n")
1419 Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
1420 time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
1424 DEF("startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate, \
1425 "-startdate select initial date of the clock\n")
1428 @item -startdate @var{date}
1429 Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid formats for
1430 @var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
1431 @code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
1434 DEF("icount", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_icount, \
1435 "-icount [N|auto]\n" \
1436 " enable virtual instruction counter with 2^N clock ticks per\n" \
1439 @item -icount [N|auto]
1440 Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
1441 instruction every 2^N ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
1442 then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
1443 time within a few seconds of real time.
1445 Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
1446 provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
1447 order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions
1448 executed often has little or no correlation with actual performance.
1451 DEF("watchdog", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog, \
1452 "-watchdog i6300esb|ib700\n" \
1453 " enable virtual hardware watchdog [default=none]\n")
1455 @item -watchdog @var{model}
1456 Create a virtual hardware watchdog device. Once enabled (by a guest
1457 action), the watchdog must be periodically polled by an agent inside
1458 the guest or else the guest will be restarted.
1460 The @var{model} is the model of hardware watchdog to emulate. Choices
1461 for model are: @code{ib700} (iBASE 700) which is a very simple ISA
1462 watchdog with a single timer, or @code{i6300esb} (Intel 6300ESB I/O
1463 controller hub) which is a much more featureful PCI-based dual-timer
1464 watchdog. Choose a model for which your guest has drivers.
1466 Use @code{-watchdog ?} to list available hardware models. Only one
1467 watchdog can be enabled for a guest.
1470 DEF("watchdog-action", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog_action, \
1471 "-watchdog-action reset|shutdown|poweroff|pause|debug|none\n" \
1472 " action when watchdog fires [default=reset]\n")
1474 @item -watchdog-action @var{action}
1476 The @var{action} controls what QEMU will do when the watchdog timer
1479 @code{reset} (forcefully reset the guest).
1480 Other possible actions are:
1481 @code{shutdown} (attempt to gracefully shutdown the guest),
1482 @code{poweroff} (forcefully poweroff the guest),
1483 @code{pause} (pause the guest),
1484 @code{debug} (print a debug message and continue), or
1485 @code{none} (do nothing).
1487 Note that the @code{shutdown} action requires that the guest responds
1488 to ACPI signals, which it may not be able to do in the sort of
1489 situations where the watchdog would have expired, and thus
1490 @code{-watchdog-action shutdown} is not recommended for production use.
1495 @item -watchdog i6300esb -watchdog-action pause
1496 @item -watchdog ib700
1500 DEF("echr", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_echr, \
1501 "-echr chr set terminal escape character instead of ctrl-a\n")
1504 @item -echr numeric_ascii_value
1505 Change the escape character used for switching to the monitor when using
1506 monitor and serial sharing. The default is @code{0x01} when using the
1507 @code{-nographic} option. @code{0x01} is equal to pressing
1508 @code{Control-a}. You can select a different character from the ascii
1509 control keys where 1 through 26 map to Control-a through Control-z. For
1510 instance you could use the either of the following to change the escape
1511 character to Control-t.
1518 DEF("virtioconsole", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtiocon, \
1519 "-virtioconsole c\n" \
1520 " set virtio console\n")
1522 @item -virtioconsole @var{c}
1526 DEF("show-cursor", 0, QEMU_OPTION_show_cursor, \
1527 "-show-cursor show cursor\n")
1531 DEF("tb-size", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tb_size, \
1532 "-tb-size n set TB size\n")
1536 DEF("incoming", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_incoming, \
1537 "-incoming p prepare for incoming migration, listen on port p\n")
1542 DEF("chroot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chroot, \
1543 "-chroot dir Chroot to dir just before starting the VM.\n")
1547 Immediately before starting guest execution, chroot to the specified
1548 directory. Especially useful in combination with -runas.
1552 DEF("runas", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_runas, \
1553 "-runas user Change to user id user just before starting the VM.\n")
1557 Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching
1558 to the specified user.
1565 #if defined(TARGET_SPARC) || defined(TARGET_PPC)
1566 DEF("prom-env", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_prom_env,
1567 "-prom-env variable=value\n"
1568 " set OpenBIOS nvram variables\n")
1570 #if defined(TARGET_ARM) || defined(TARGET_M68K)
1571 DEF("semihosting", 0, QEMU_OPTION_semihosting,
1572 "-semihosting semihosting mode\n")
1574 #if defined(TARGET_ARM)
1575 DEF("old-param", 0, QEMU_OPTION_old_param,
1576 "-old-param old param mode\n")