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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:)
9 STEXI
10 @table @option
11 ETEXI
13 DEF("help", 0, QEMU_OPTION_h,
14 "-h or -help display this help and exit\n")
15 STEXI
16 @item -h
17 Display help and exit
18 ETEXI
20 DEF("version", 0, QEMU_OPTION_version,
21 "-version display version information and exit\n")
22 STEXI
23 @item -version
24 Display version information and exit
25 ETEXI
27 DEF("M", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_M,
28 "-M machine select emulated machine (-M ? for list)\n")
29 STEXI
30 @item -M @var{machine}
31 Select the emulated @var{machine} (@code{-M ?} for list)
32 ETEXI
34 DEF("cpu", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cpu,
35 "-cpu cpu select CPU (-cpu ? for list)\n")
36 STEXI
37 @item -cpu @var{model}
38 Select CPU model (-cpu ? for list and additional feature selection)
39 ETEXI
41 DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
42 "-smp n set the number of CPUs to 'n' [default=1]\n")
43 STEXI
44 @item -smp @var{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
47 to 4.
48 ETEXI
50 DEF("numa", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_numa,
51 "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n")
52 STEXI
53 @item -numa @var{opts}
54 Simulate a multi node NUMA system. If mem and cpus are omitted, resources
55 are split equally.
56 ETEXI
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, "")
61 STEXI
62 @item -fda @var{file}
63 @item -fdb @var{file}
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}).
66 ETEXI
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, "")
74 STEXI
75 @item -hda @var{file}
76 @item -hdb @var{file}
77 @item -hdc @var{file}
78 @item -hdd @var{file}
79 Use @var{file} as hard disk 0, 1, 2 or 3 image (@pxref{disk_images}).
80 ETEXI
82 DEF("cdrom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_cdrom,
83 "-cdrom file use 'file' as IDE cdrom image (cdrom is ide1 master)\n")
84 STEXI
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}).
89 ETEXI
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 " [,addr=A]\n"
96 " use 'file' as a drive image\n")
97 STEXI
98 @item -drive @var{option}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
100 Define a new drive. Valid options are:
102 @table @code
103 @item file=@var{file}
104 This option defines which disk image (@pxref{disk_images}) to use with
105 this drive. If the filename contains comma, you must double it
106 (for instance, "file=my,,file" to use file "my,file").
107 @item if=@var{interface}
108 This option defines on which type on interface the drive is connected.
109 Available types are: ide, scsi, sd, mtd, floppy, pflash, virtio.
110 @item bus=@var{bus},unit=@var{unit}
111 These options define where is connected the drive by defining the bus number and
112 the unit id.
113 @item index=@var{index}
114 This option defines where is connected the drive by using an index in the list
115 of available connectors of a given interface type.
116 @item media=@var{media}
117 This option defines the type of the media: disk or cdrom.
118 @item cyls=@var{c},heads=@var{h},secs=@var{s}[,trans=@var{t}]
119 These options have the same definition as they have in @option{-hdachs}.
120 @item snapshot=@var{snapshot}
121 @var{snapshot} is "on" or "off" and allows to enable snapshot for given drive (see @option{-snapshot}).
122 @item cache=@var{cache}
123 @var{cache} is "none", "writeback", or "writethrough" and controls how the host cache is used to access block data.
124 @item format=@var{format}
125 Specify which disk @var{format} will be used rather than detecting
126 the format. Can be used to specifiy format=raw to avoid interpreting
127 an untrusted format header.
128 @item serial=@var{serial}
129 This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device.
130 @item addr=@var{addr}
131 Specify the controller's PCI address (if=virtio only).
132 @end table
134 By default, writethrough caching is used for all block device. This means that
135 the host page cache will be used to read and write data but write notification
136 will be sent to the guest only when the data has been reported as written by
137 the storage subsystem.
139 Writeback caching will report data writes as completed as soon as the data is
140 present in the host page cache. This is safe as long as you trust your host.
141 If your host crashes or loses power, then the guest may experience data
142 corruption. When using the @option{-snapshot} option, writeback caching is
143 used by default.
145 The host page cache can be avoided entirely with @option{cache=none}. This will
146 attempt to do disk IO directly to the guests memory. QEMU may still perform
147 an internal copy of the data.
149 Some block drivers perform badly with @option{cache=writethrough}, most notably,
150 qcow2. If performance is more important than correctness,
151 @option{cache=writeback} should be used with qcow2.
153 Instead of @option{-cdrom} you can use:
154 @example
155 qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=cdrom
156 @end example
158 Instead of @option{-hda}, @option{-hdb}, @option{-hdc}, @option{-hdd}, you can
159 use:
160 @example
161 qemu -drive file=file,index=0,media=disk
162 qemu -drive file=file,index=1,media=disk
163 qemu -drive file=file,index=2,media=disk
164 qemu -drive file=file,index=3,media=disk
165 @end example
167 You can connect a CDROM to the slave of ide0:
168 @example
169 qemu -drive file=file,if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
170 @end example
172 If you don't specify the "file=" argument, you define an empty drive:
173 @example
174 qemu -drive if=ide,index=1,media=cdrom
175 @end example
177 You can connect a SCSI disk with unit ID 6 on the bus #0:
178 @example
179 qemu -drive file=file,if=scsi,bus=0,unit=6
180 @end example
182 Instead of @option{-fda}, @option{-fdb}, you can use:
183 @example
184 qemu -drive file=file,index=0,if=floppy
185 qemu -drive file=file,index=1,if=floppy
186 @end example
188 By default, @var{interface} is "ide" and @var{index} is automatically
189 incremented:
190 @example
191 qemu -drive file=a -drive file=b"
192 @end example
193 is interpreted like:
194 @example
195 qemu -hda a -hdb b
196 @end example
197 ETEXI
199 DEF("mtdblock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_mtdblock,
200 "-mtdblock file use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image\n")
201 STEXI
203 @item -mtdblock file
204 Use 'file' as on-board Flash memory image.
205 ETEXI
207 DEF("sd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_sd,
208 "-sd file use 'file' as SecureDigital card image\n")
209 STEXI
210 @item -sd file
211 Use 'file' as SecureDigital card image.
212 ETEXI
214 DEF("pflash", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_pflash,
215 "-pflash file use 'file' as a parallel flash image\n")
216 STEXI
217 @item -pflash file
218 Use 'file' as a parallel flash image.
219 ETEXI
221 DEF("boot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_boot,
222 "-boot [a|c|d|n] boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or network (n)\n")
223 STEXI
224 @item -boot [a|c|d|n]
225 Boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), CD-ROM (d), or Etherboot (n). Hard disk boot
226 is the default.
227 ETEXI
229 DEF("snapshot", 0, QEMU_OPTION_snapshot,
230 "-snapshot write to temporary files instead of disk image files\n")
231 STEXI
232 @item -snapshot
233 Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
234 the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
235 the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}).
236 ETEXI
238 DEF("m", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_m,
239 "-m megs set virtual RAM size to megs MB [default=%d]\n")
240 STEXI
241 @item -m @var{megs}
242 Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MiB. Optionally,
243 a suffix of ``M'' or ``G'' can be used to signify a value in megabytes or
244 gigabytes respectively.
245 ETEXI
247 DEF("k", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_k,
248 "-k language use keyboard layout (for example 'fr' for French)\n")
249 STEXI
250 @item -k @var{language}
252 Use keyboard layout @var{language} (for example @code{fr} for
253 French). This option is only needed where it is not easy to get raw PC
254 keycodes (e.g. on Macs, with some X11 servers or with a VNC
255 display). You don't normally need to use it on PC/Linux or PC/Windows
256 hosts.
258 The available layouts are:
259 @example
260 ar de-ch es fo fr-ca hu ja mk no pt-br sv
261 da en-gb et fr fr-ch is lt nl pl ru th
262 de en-us fi fr-be hr it lv nl-be pt sl tr
263 @end example
265 The default is @code{en-us}.
266 ETEXI
269 #ifdef HAS_AUDIO
270 DEF("audio-help", 0, QEMU_OPTION_audio_help,
271 "-audio-help print list of audio drivers and their options\n")
272 #endif
273 STEXI
274 @item -audio-help
276 Will show the audio subsystem help: list of drivers, tunable
277 parameters.
278 ETEXI
280 #ifdef HAS_AUDIO
281 DEF("soundhw", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_soundhw,
282 "-soundhw c1,... enable audio support\n"
283 " and only specified sound cards (comma separated list)\n"
284 " use -soundhw ? to get the list of supported cards\n"
285 " use -soundhw all to enable all of them\n")
286 #endif
287 STEXI
288 @item -soundhw @var{card1}[,@var{card2},...] or -soundhw all
290 Enable audio and selected sound hardware. Use ? to print all
291 available sound hardware.
293 @example
294 qemu -soundhw sb16,adlib disk.img
295 qemu -soundhw es1370 disk.img
296 qemu -soundhw ac97 disk.img
297 qemu -soundhw all disk.img
298 qemu -soundhw ?
299 @end example
301 Note that Linux's i810_audio OSS kernel (for AC97) module might
302 require manually specifying clocking.
304 @example
305 modprobe i810_audio clocking=48000
306 @end example
307 ETEXI
309 STEXI
310 @end table
311 ETEXI
313 DEF("usb", 0, QEMU_OPTION_usb,
314 "-usb enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)\n")
315 STEXI
316 USB options:
317 @table @option
319 @item -usb
320 Enable the USB driver (will be the default soon)
321 ETEXI
323 DEF("usbdevice", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_usbdevice,
324 "-usbdevice name add the host or guest USB device 'name'\n")
325 STEXI
327 @item -usbdevice @var{devname}
328 Add the USB device @var{devname}. @xref{usb_devices}.
330 @table @code
332 @item mouse
333 Virtual Mouse. This will override the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
335 @item tablet
336 Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a touchscreen). This
337 means qemu is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the
338 mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.
340 @item disk:[format=@var{format}]:file
341 Mass storage device based on file. The optional @var{format} argument
342 will be used rather than detecting the format. Can be used to specifiy
343 format=raw to avoid interpreting an untrusted format header.
345 @item host:bus.addr
346 Pass through the host device identified by bus.addr (Linux only).
348 @item host:vendor_id:product_id
349 Pass through the host device identified by vendor_id:product_id (Linux only).
351 @item serial:[vendorid=@var{vendor_id}][,productid=@var{product_id}]:@var{dev}
352 Serial converter to host character device @var{dev}, see @code{-serial} for the
353 available devices.
355 @item braille
356 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
357 or fake device.
359 @item net:options
360 Network adapter that supports CDC ethernet and RNDIS protocols.
362 @end table
363 ETEXI
365 DEF("name", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_name,
366 "-name string set the name of the guest\n")
367 STEXI
368 @item -name @var{name}
369 Sets the @var{name} of the guest.
370 This name will be displayed in the SDL window caption.
371 The @var{name} will also be used for the VNC server.
372 ETEXI
374 DEF("uuid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_uuid,
375 "-uuid %%08x-%%04x-%%04x-%%04x-%%012x\n"
376 " specify machine UUID\n")
377 STEXI
378 @item -uuid @var{uuid}
379 Set system UUID.
380 ETEXI
382 STEXI
383 @end table
384 ETEXI
386 DEFHEADING()
388 DEFHEADING(Display options:)
390 STEXI
391 @table @option
392 ETEXI
394 DEF("nographic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_nographic,
395 "-nographic disable graphical output and redirect serial I/Os to console\n")
396 STEXI
397 @item -nographic
399 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
400 you can totally disable graphical output so that QEMU is a simple
401 command line application. The emulated serial port is redirected on
402 the console. Therefore, you can still use QEMU to debug a Linux kernel
403 with a serial console.
404 ETEXI
406 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
407 DEF("curses", 0, QEMU_OPTION_curses,
408 "-curses use a curses/ncurses interface instead of SDL\n")
409 #endif
410 STEXI
411 @item -curses
413 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
414 QEMU can display the VGA output when in text mode using a
415 curses/ncurses interface. Nothing is displayed in graphical mode.
416 ETEXI
418 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
419 DEF("no-frame", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_frame,
420 "-no-frame open SDL window without a frame and window decorations\n")
421 #endif
422 STEXI
423 @item -no-frame
425 Do not use decorations for SDL windows and start them using the whole
426 available screen space. This makes the using QEMU in a dedicated desktop
427 workspace more convenient.
428 ETEXI
430 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
431 DEF("alt-grab", 0, QEMU_OPTION_alt_grab,
432 "-alt-grab use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt)\n")
433 #endif
434 STEXI
435 @item -alt-grab
437 Use Ctrl-Alt-Shift to grab mouse (instead of Ctrl-Alt).
438 ETEXI
440 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
441 DEF("no-quit", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_quit,
442 "-no-quit disable SDL window close capability\n")
443 #endif
444 STEXI
445 @item -no-quit
447 Disable SDL window close capability.
448 ETEXI
450 #ifdef CONFIG_SDL
451 DEF("sdl", 0, QEMU_OPTION_sdl,
452 "-sdl enable SDL\n")
453 #endif
454 STEXI
455 @item -sdl
457 Enable SDL.
458 ETEXI
460 DEF("portrait", 0, QEMU_OPTION_portrait,
461 "-portrait rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD)\n")
462 STEXI
463 @item -portrait
465 Rotate graphical output 90 deg left (only PXA LCD).
466 ETEXI
468 DEF("vga", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vga,
469 "-vga [std|cirrus|vmware|xenfb|none]\n"
470 " select video card type\n")
471 STEXI
472 @item -vga @var{type}
473 Select type of VGA card to emulate. Valid values for @var{type} are
474 @table @code
475 @item cirrus
476 Cirrus Logic GD5446 Video card. All Windows versions starting from
477 Windows 95 should recognize and use this graphic card. For optimal
478 performances, use 16 bit color depth in the guest and the host OS.
479 (This one is the default)
480 @item std
481 Standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions. If your guest OS
482 supports the VESA 2.0 VBE extensions (e.g. Windows XP) and if you want
483 to use high resolution modes (>= 1280x1024x16) then you should use
484 this option.
485 @item vmware
486 VMWare SVGA-II compatible adapter. Use it if you have sufficiently
487 recent XFree86/XOrg server or Windows guest with a driver for this
488 card.
489 @item none
490 Disable VGA card.
491 @end table
492 ETEXI
494 DEF("full-screen", 0, QEMU_OPTION_full_screen,
495 "-full-screen start in full screen\n")
496 STEXI
497 @item -full-screen
498 Start in full screen.
499 ETEXI
501 #if defined(TARGET_PPC) || defined(TARGET_SPARC)
502 DEF("g", 1, QEMU_OPTION_g ,
503 "-g WxH[xDEPTH] Set the initial graphical resolution and depth\n")
504 #endif
505 STEXI
506 ETEXI
508 DEF("vnc", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_vnc ,
509 "-vnc display start a VNC server on display\n")
510 STEXI
511 @item -vnc @var{display}[,@var{option}[,@var{option}[,...]]]
513 Normally, QEMU uses SDL to display the VGA output. With this option,
514 you can have QEMU listen on VNC display @var{display} and redirect the VGA
515 display over the VNC session. It is very useful to enable the usb
516 tablet device when using this option (option @option{-usbdevice
517 tablet}). When using the VNC display, you must use the @option{-k}
518 parameter to set the keyboard layout if you are not using en-us. Valid
519 syntax for the @var{display} is
521 @table @code
523 @item @var{host}:@var{d}
525 TCP connections will only be allowed from @var{host} on display @var{d}.
526 By convention the TCP port is 5900+@var{d}. Optionally, @var{host} can
527 be omitted in which case the server will accept connections from any host.
529 @item @code{unix}:@var{path}
531 Connections will be allowed over UNIX domain sockets where @var{path} is the
532 location of a unix socket to listen for connections on.
534 @item none
536 VNC is initialized but not started. The monitor @code{change} command
537 can be used to later start the VNC server.
539 @end table
541 Following the @var{display} value there may be one or more @var{option} flags
542 separated by commas. Valid options are
544 @table @code
546 @item reverse
548 Connect to a listening VNC client via a ``reverse'' connection. The
549 client is specified by the @var{display}. For reverse network
550 connections (@var{host}:@var{d},@code{reverse}), the @var{d} argument
551 is a TCP port number, not a display number.
553 @item password
555 Require that password based authentication is used for client connections.
556 The password must be set separately using the @code{change} command in the
557 @ref{pcsys_monitor}
559 @item tls
561 Require that client use TLS when communicating with the VNC server. This
562 uses anonymous TLS credentials so is susceptible to a man-in-the-middle
563 attack. It is recommended that this option be combined with either the
564 @var{x509} or @var{x509verify} options.
566 @item x509=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
568 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
569 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
570 to the client. It is recommended that a password be set on the VNC server
571 to provide authentication of the client when this is used. The path following
572 this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to be loaded from.
573 See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating certificates.
575 @item x509verify=@var{/path/to/certificate/dir}
577 Valid if @option{tls} is specified. Require that x509 credentials are used
578 for negotiating the TLS session. The server will send its x509 certificate
579 to the client, and request that the client send its own x509 certificate.
580 The server will validate the client's certificate against the CA certificate,
581 and reject clients when validation fails. If the certificate authority is
582 trusted, this is a sufficient authentication mechanism. You may still wish
583 to set a password on the VNC server as a second authentication layer. The
584 path following this option specifies where the x509 certificates are to
585 be loaded from. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on generating
586 certificates.
588 @item sasl
590 Require that the client use SASL to authenticate with the VNC server.
591 The exact choice of authentication method used is controlled from the
592 system / user's SASL configuration file for the 'qemu' service. This
593 is typically found in /etc/sasl2/qemu.conf. If running QEMU as an
594 unprivileged user, an environment variable SASL_CONF_PATH can be used
595 to make it search alternate locations for the service config.
596 While some SASL auth methods can also provide data encryption (eg GSSAPI),
597 it is recommended that SASL always be combined with the 'tls' and
598 'x509' settings to enable use of SSL and server certificates. This
599 ensures a data encryption preventing compromise of authentication
600 credentials. See the @ref{vnc_security} section for details on using
601 SASL authentication.
603 @item acl
605 Turn on access control lists for checking of the x509 client certificate
606 and SASL party. For x509 certs, the ACL check is made against the
607 certificate's distinguished name. This is something that looks like
608 @code{C=GB,O=ACME,L=Boston,CN=bob}. For SASL party, the ACL check is
609 made against the username, which depending on the SASL plugin, may
610 include a realm component, eg @code{bob} or @code{bob@@EXAMPLE.COM}.
611 When the @option{acl} flag is set, the initial access list will be
612 empty, with a @code{deny} policy. Thus no one will be allowed to
613 use the VNC server until the ACLs have been loaded. This can be
614 achieved using the @code{acl} monitor command.
616 @end table
617 ETEXI
619 STEXI
620 @end table
621 ETEXI
623 DEFHEADING()
625 #ifdef TARGET_I386
626 DEFHEADING(i386 target only:)
627 #endif
628 STEXI
629 @table @option
630 ETEXI
632 #ifdef TARGET_I386
633 DEF("win2k-hack", 0, QEMU_OPTION_win2k_hack,
634 "-win2k-hack use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug\n")
635 #endif
636 STEXI
637 @item -win2k-hack
638 Use it when installing Windows 2000 to avoid a disk full bug. After
639 Windows 2000 is installed, you no longer need this option (this option
640 slows down the IDE transfers).
641 ETEXI
643 #ifdef TARGET_I386
644 DEF("rtc-td-hack", 0, QEMU_OPTION_rtc_td_hack,
645 "-rtc-td-hack use it to fix time drift in Windows ACPI HAL\n")
646 #endif
647 STEXI
648 @item -rtc-td-hack
649 Use it if you experience time drift problem in Windows with ACPI HAL.
650 This option will try to figure out how many timer interrupts were not
651 processed by the Windows guest and will re-inject them.
652 ETEXI
654 #ifdef TARGET_I386
655 DEF("no-fd-bootchk", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_fd_bootchk,
656 "-no-fd-bootchk disable boot signature checking for floppy disks\n")
657 #endif
658 STEXI
659 @item -no-fd-bootchk
660 Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
661 be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
662 ETEXI
664 #ifdef TARGET_I386
665 DEF("no-acpi", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_acpi,
666 "-no-acpi disable ACPI\n")
667 #endif
668 STEXI
669 @item -no-acpi
670 Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) support. Use
671 it if your guest OS complains about ACPI problems (PC target machine
672 only).
673 ETEXI
675 #ifdef TARGET_I386
676 DEF("no-hpet", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_hpet,
677 "-no-hpet disable HPET\n")
678 #endif
679 STEXI
680 @item -no-hpet
681 Disable HPET support.
682 ETEXI
684 #ifdef TARGET_I386
685 DEF("balloon", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_balloon,
686 "-balloon none disable balloon device\n"
687 "-balloon virtio[,addr=str]\n"
688 " enable virtio balloon device (default)\n")
689 #endif
690 STEXI
691 @item -balloon none
692 Disable balloon device.
693 @item -balloon virtio[,addr=@var{addr}]
694 Enable virtio balloon device (default), optionally with PCI address
695 @var{addr}.
696 ETEXI
698 #ifdef TARGET_I386
699 DEF("acpitable", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_acpitable,
700 "-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"
701 " ACPI table description\n")
702 #endif
703 STEXI
704 @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}]...]
705 Add ACPI table with specified header fields and context from specified files.
706 ETEXI
708 #ifdef TARGET_I386
709 DEF("smbios", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smbios,
710 "-smbios file=binary\n"
711 " Load SMBIOS entry from binary file\n"
712 "-smbios type=0[,vendor=str][,version=str][,date=str][,release=%%d.%%d]\n"
713 " Specify SMBIOS type 0 fields\n"
714 "-smbios type=1[,manufacturer=str][,product=str][,version=str][,serial=str]\n"
715 " [,uuid=uuid][,sku=str][,family=str]\n"
716 " Specify SMBIOS type 1 fields\n")
717 #endif
718 STEXI
719 @item -smbios file=@var{binary}
720 Load SMBIOS entry from binary file.
722 @item -smbios type=0[,vendor=@var{str}][,version=@var{str}][,date=@var{str}][,release=@var{%d.%d}]
723 Specify SMBIOS type 0 fields
725 @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}]
726 Specify SMBIOS type 1 fields
727 ETEXI
729 #ifdef TARGET_I386
730 DEFHEADING()
731 #endif
732 STEXI
733 @end table
734 ETEXI
736 DEFHEADING(Network options:)
737 STEXI
738 @table @option
739 ETEXI
741 HXCOMM Legacy slirp options (now moved to -net user):
742 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
743 DEF("tftp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tftp, "")
744 DEF("bootp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bootp, "")
745 DEF("redir", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_redir, "")
746 #ifndef _WIN32
747 DEF("smb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smb, "")
748 #endif
749 #endif
751 DEF("net", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_net,
752 "-net nic[,vlan=n][,macaddr=mac][,model=type][,name=str][,addr=str][,vectors=v]\n"
753 " create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN 'n'\n"
754 #ifdef CONFIG_SLIRP
755 "-net user[,vlan=n][,name=str][,net=addr[/mask]][,host=addr][,restrict=y|n]\n"
756 " [,hostname=host][,dhcpstart=addr][,dns=addr][,tftp=dir][,bootfile=f]\n"
757 " [,hostfwd=rule][,guestfwd=rule]"
758 #ifndef _WIN32
759 "[,smb=dir[,smbserver=addr]]\n"
760 #endif
761 " connect the user mode network stack to VLAN 'n', configure its\n"
762 " DHCP server and enabled optional services\n"
763 #endif
764 #ifdef _WIN32
765 "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str],ifname=name\n"
766 " connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n'\n"
767 #else
768 "-net tap[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,ifname=name][,script=file][,downscript=dfile]"
769 #ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
770 "[,sndbuf=nbytes]"
771 #endif
772 "\n"
773 " connect the host TAP network interface to VLAN 'n' and use the\n"
774 " network scripts 'file' (default=%s)\n"
775 " and 'dfile' (default=%s);\n"
776 " use '[down]script=no' to disable script execution;\n"
777 " use 'fd=h' to connect to an already opened TAP interface\n"
778 #ifdef TUNSETSNDBUF
779 " use 'sndbuf=nbytes' to limit the size of the send buffer; the\n"
780 " default of 'sndbuf=1048576' can be disabled using 'sndbuf=0'\n"
781 #endif
782 #endif
783 "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,listen=[host]:port][,connect=host:port]\n"
784 " connect the vlan 'n' to another VLAN using a socket connection\n"
785 "-net socket[,vlan=n][,name=str][,fd=h][,mcast=maddr:port]\n"
786 " connect the vlan 'n' to multicast maddr and port\n"
787 #ifdef CONFIG_VDE
788 "-net vde[,vlan=n][,name=str][,sock=socketpath][,port=n][,group=groupname][,mode=octalmode]\n"
789 " connect the vlan 'n' to port 'n' of a vde switch running\n"
790 " on host and listening for incoming connections on 'socketpath'.\n"
791 " Use group 'groupname' and mode 'octalmode' to change default\n"
792 " ownership and permissions for communication port.\n"
793 #endif
794 "-net dump[,vlan=n][,file=f][,len=n]\n"
795 " dump traffic on vlan 'n' to file 'f' (max n bytes per packet)\n"
796 "-net none use it alone to have zero network devices; if no -net option\n"
797 " is provided, the default is '-net nic -net user'\n")
798 STEXI
799 @item -net nic[,vlan=@var{n}][,macaddr=@var{mac}][,model=@var{type}][,name=@var{name}][,addr=@var{addr}][,vectors=@var{v}]
800 Create a new Network Interface Card and connect it to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n}
801 = 0 is the default). The NIC is an ne2k_pci by default on the PC
802 target. Optionally, the MAC address can be changed to @var{mac}, the
803 device address set to @var{addr} (PCI cards only),
804 and a @var{name} can be assigned for use in monitor commands.
805 Optionally, for PCI cards, you can specify the number @var{v} of MSI-X vectors
806 that the card should have; this option currently only affects virtio cards; set
807 @var{v} = 0 to disable MSI-X. If no @option{-net} option is specified, a single
808 NIC is created. Qemu can emulate several different models of network card.
809 Valid values for @var{type} are
810 @code{virtio}, @code{i82551}, @code{i82557b}, @code{i82559er},
811 @code{ne2k_pci}, @code{ne2k_isa}, @code{pcnet}, @code{rtl8139},
812 @code{e1000}, @code{smc91c111}, @code{lance} and @code{mcf_fec}.
813 Not all devices are supported on all targets. Use -net nic,model=?
814 for a list of available devices for your target.
816 @item -net user[,@var{option}][,@var{option}][,...]
817 Use the user mode network stack which requires no administrator
818 privilege to run. Valid options are:
820 @table @code
821 @item vlan=@var{n}
822 Connect user mode stack to VLAN @var{n} (@var{n} = 0 is the default).
824 @item name=@var{name}
825 Assign symbolic name for use in monitor commands.
827 @item net=@var{addr}[/@var{mask}]
828 Set IP network address the guest will see. Optionally specify the netmask,
829 either in the form a.b.c.d or as number of valid top-most bits. Default is
830 10.0.2.0/8.
832 @item host=@var{addr}
833 Specify the guest-visible address of the host. Default is the 2nd IP in the
834 guest network, i.e. x.x.x.2.
836 @item restrict=y|yes|n|no
837 If this options is enabled, the guest will be isolated, i.e. it will not be
838 able to contact the host and no guest IP packets will be routed over the host
839 to the outside. This option does not affect explicitly set forwarding rule.
841 @item hostname=@var{name}
842 Specifies the client hostname reported by the builtin DHCP server.
844 @item dhcpstart=@var{addr}
845 Specify the first of the 16 IPs the built-in DHCP server can assign. Default
846 is the 16th to 31st IP in the guest network, i.e. x.x.x.16 to x.x.x.31.
848 @item dns=@var{addr}
849 Specify the guest-visible address of the virtual nameserver. The address must
850 be different from the host address. Default is the 3rd IP in the guest network,
851 i.e. x.x.x.3.
853 @item tftp=@var{dir}
854 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in TFTP
855 server. The files in @var{dir} will be exposed as the root of a TFTP server.
856 The TFTP client on the guest must be configured in binary mode (use the command
857 @code{bin} of the Unix TFTP client).
859 @item bootfile=@var{file}
860 When using the user mode network stack, broadcast @var{file} as the BOOTP
861 filename. In conjunction with @option{tftp}, this can be used to network boot
862 a guest from a local directory.
864 Example (using pxelinux):
865 @example
866 qemu -hda linux.img -boot n -net user,tftp=/path/to/tftp/files,bootfile=/pxelinux.0
867 @end example
869 @item smb=@var{dir}[,smbserver=@var{addr}]
870 When using the user mode network stack, activate a built-in SMB
871 server so that Windows OSes can access to the host files in @file{@var{dir}}
872 transparently. The IP address of the SMB server can be set to @var{addr}. By
873 default the 4th IP in the guest network is used, i.e. x.x.x.4.
875 In the guest Windows OS, the line:
876 @example
877 10.0.2.4 smbserver
878 @end example
879 must be added in the file @file{C:\WINDOWS\LMHOSTS} (for windows 9x/Me)
880 or @file{C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\LMHOSTS} (Windows NT/2000).
882 Then @file{@var{dir}} can be accessed in @file{\\smbserver\qemu}.
884 Note that a SAMBA server must be installed on the host OS in
885 @file{/usr/sbin/smbd}. QEMU was tested successfully with smbd versions from
886 Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 3 and OpenSUSE 11.x.
888 @item hostfwd=[tcp|udp]:[@var{hostaddr}]:@var{hostport}-[@var{guestaddr}]:@var{guestport}
889 Redirect incoming TCP or UDP connections to the host port @var{hostport} to
890 the guest IP address @var{guestaddr} on guest port @var{guestport}. If
891 @var{guestaddr} is not specified, its value is x.x.x.15 (default first address
892 given by the built-in DHCP server). By specifying @var{hostaddr}, the rule can
893 be bound to a specific host interface. If no connection type is set, TCP is
894 used. This option can be given multiple times.
896 For example, to redirect host X11 connection from screen 1 to guest
897 screen 0, use the following:
899 @example
900 # on the host
901 qemu -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:6001-:6000 [...]
902 # this host xterm should open in the guest X11 server
903 xterm -display :1
904 @end example
906 To redirect telnet connections from host port 5555 to telnet port on
907 the guest, use the following:
909 @example
910 # on the host
911 qemu -net user,hostfwd=tcp:5555::23 [...]
912 telnet localhost 5555
913 @end example
915 Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you
916 connect to the guest telnet server.
918 @item guestfwd=[tcp]:@var{server}:@var{port}-@var{dev}
919 Forward guest TCP connections to the IP address @var{server} on port @var{port}
920 to the character device @var{dev}. This option can be given multiple times.
922 @end table
924 Note: Legacy stand-alone options -tftp, -bootp, -smb and -redir are still
925 processed and applied to -net user. Mixing them with the new configuration
926 syntax gives undefined results. Their use for new applications is discouraged
927 as they will be removed from future versions.
929 @item -net tap[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,ifname=@var{name}][,script=@var{file}][,downscript=@var{dfile}]
930 Connect the host TAP network interface @var{name} to VLAN @var{n}, use
931 the network script @var{file} to configure it and the network script
932 @var{dfile} to deconfigure it. If @var{name} is not provided, the OS
933 automatically provides one. @option{fd}=@var{h} can be used to specify
934 the handle of an already opened host TAP interface. The default network
935 configure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifup} and the default network
936 deconfigure script is @file{/etc/qemu-ifdown}. Use @option{script=no}
937 or @option{downscript=no} to disable script execution. Example:
939 @example
940 qemu linux.img -net nic -net tap
941 @end example
943 More complicated example (two NICs, each one connected to a TAP device)
944 @example
945 qemu linux.img -net nic,vlan=0 -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=tap0 \
946 -net nic,vlan=1 -net tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap1
947 @end example
949 @item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,listen=[@var{host}]:@var{port}][,connect=@var{host}:@var{port}]
951 Connect the VLAN @var{n} to a remote VLAN in another QEMU virtual
952 machine using a TCP socket connection. If @option{listen} is
953 specified, QEMU waits for incoming connections on @var{port}
954 (@var{host} is optional). @option{connect} is used to connect to
955 another QEMU instance using the @option{listen} option. @option{fd}=@var{h}
956 specifies an already opened TCP socket.
958 Example:
959 @example
960 # launch a first QEMU instance
961 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
962 -net socket,listen=:1234
963 # connect the VLAN 0 of this instance to the VLAN 0
964 # of the first instance
965 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
966 -net socket,connect=127.0.0.1:1234
967 @end example
969 @item -net socket[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,fd=@var{h}][,mcast=@var{maddr}:@var{port}]
971 Create a VLAN @var{n} shared with another QEMU virtual
972 machines using a UDP multicast socket, effectively making a bus for
973 every QEMU with same multicast address @var{maddr} and @var{port}.
974 NOTES:
975 @enumerate
976 @item
977 Several QEMU can be running on different hosts and share same bus (assuming
978 correct multicast setup for these hosts).
979 @item
980 mcast support is compatible with User Mode Linux (argument @option{eth@var{N}=mcast}), see
981 @url{http://user-mode-linux.sf.net}.
982 @item
983 Use @option{fd=h} to specify an already opened UDP multicast socket.
984 @end enumerate
986 Example:
987 @example
988 # launch one QEMU instance
989 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
990 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
991 # launch another QEMU instance on same "bus"
992 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:57 \
993 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
994 # launch yet another QEMU instance on same "bus"
995 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:58 \
996 -net socket,mcast=230.0.0.1:1234
997 @end example
999 Example (User Mode Linux compat.):
1000 @example
1001 # launch QEMU instance (note mcast address selected
1002 # is UML's default)
1003 qemu linux.img -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:12:34:56 \
1004 -net socket,mcast=239.192.168.1:1102
1005 # launch UML
1006 /path/to/linux ubd0=/path/to/root_fs eth0=mcast
1007 @end example
1009 @item -net vde[,vlan=@var{n}][,name=@var{name}][,sock=@var{socketpath}][,port=@var{n}][,group=@var{groupname}][,mode=@var{octalmode}]
1010 Connect VLAN @var{n} to PORT @var{n} of a vde switch running on host and
1011 listening for incoming connections on @var{socketpath}. Use GROUP @var{groupname}
1012 and MODE @var{octalmode} to change default ownership and permissions for
1013 communication port. This option is available only if QEMU has been compiled
1014 with vde support enabled.
1016 Example:
1017 @example
1018 # launch vde switch
1019 vde_switch -F -sock /tmp/myswitch
1020 # launch QEMU instance
1021 qemu linux.img -net nic -net vde,sock=/tmp/myswitch
1022 @end example
1024 @item -net dump[,vlan=@var{n}][,file=@var{file}][,len=@var{len}]
1025 Dump network traffic on VLAN @var{n} to file @var{file} (@file{qemu-vlan0.pcap} by default).
1026 At most @var{len} bytes (64k by default) per packet are stored. The file format is
1027 libpcap, so it can be analyzed with tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark.
1029 @item -net none
1030 Indicate that no network devices should be configured. It is used to
1031 override the default configuration (@option{-net nic -net user}) which
1032 is activated if no @option{-net} options are provided.
1034 @end table
1035 ETEXI
1037 DEF("bt", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bt, \
1038 "\n" \
1039 "-bt hci,null dumb bluetooth HCI - doesn't respond to commands\n" \
1040 "-bt hci,host[:id]\n" \
1041 " use host's HCI with the given name\n" \
1042 "-bt hci[,vlan=n]\n" \
1043 " emulate a standard HCI in virtual scatternet 'n'\n" \
1044 "-bt vhci[,vlan=n]\n" \
1045 " add host computer to virtual scatternet 'n' using VHCI\n" \
1046 "-bt device:dev[,vlan=n]\n" \
1047 " emulate a bluetooth device 'dev' in scatternet 'n'\n")
1048 STEXI
1049 Bluetooth(R) options:
1050 @table @option
1052 @item -bt hci[...]
1053 Defines the function of the corresponding Bluetooth HCI. -bt options
1054 are matched with the HCIs present in the chosen machine type. For
1055 example when emulating a machine with only one HCI built into it, only
1056 the first @code{-bt hci[...]} option is valid and defines the HCI's
1057 logic. The Transport Layer is decided by the machine type. Currently
1058 the machines @code{n800} and @code{n810} have one HCI and all other
1059 machines have none.
1061 @anchor{bt-hcis}
1062 The following three types are recognized:
1064 @table @code
1065 @item -bt hci,null
1066 (default) The corresponding Bluetooth HCI assumes no internal logic
1067 and will not respond to any HCI commands or emit events.
1069 @item -bt hci,host[:@var{id}]
1070 (@code{bluez} only) The corresponding HCI passes commands / events
1071 to / from the physical HCI identified by the name @var{id} (default:
1072 @code{hci0}) on the computer running QEMU. Only available on @code{bluez}
1073 capable systems like Linux.
1075 @item -bt hci[,vlan=@var{n}]
1076 Add a virtual, standard HCI that will participate in the Bluetooth
1077 scatternet @var{n} (default @code{0}). Similarly to @option{-net}
1078 VLANs, devices inside a bluetooth network @var{n} can only communicate
1079 with other devices in the same network (scatternet).
1080 @end table
1082 @item -bt vhci[,vlan=@var{n}]
1083 (Linux-host only) Create a HCI in scatternet @var{n} (default 0) attached
1084 to the host bluetooth stack instead of to the emulated target. This
1085 allows the host and target machines to participate in a common scatternet
1086 and communicate. Requires the Linux @code{vhci} driver installed. Can
1087 be used as following:
1089 @example
1090 qemu [...OPTIONS...] -bt hci,vlan=5 -bt vhci,vlan=5
1091 @end example
1093 @item -bt device:@var{dev}[,vlan=@var{n}]
1094 Emulate a bluetooth device @var{dev} and place it in network @var{n}
1095 (default @code{0}). QEMU can only emulate one type of bluetooth devices
1096 currently:
1098 @table @code
1099 @item keyboard
1100 Virtual wireless keyboard implementing the HIDP bluetooth profile.
1101 @end table
1102 @end table
1103 ETEXI
1105 DEFHEADING()
1107 DEFHEADING(Linux/Multiboot boot specific:)
1108 STEXI
1110 When using these options, you can use a given Linux or Multiboot
1111 kernel without installing it in the disk image. It can be useful
1112 for easier testing of various kernels.
1114 @table @option
1115 ETEXI
1117 DEF("kernel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_kernel, \
1118 "-kernel bzImage use 'bzImage' as kernel image\n")
1119 STEXI
1120 @item -kernel @var{bzImage}
1121 Use @var{bzImage} as kernel image. The kernel can be either a Linux kernel
1122 or in multiboot format.
1123 ETEXI
1125 DEF("append", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_append, \
1126 "-append cmdline use 'cmdline' as kernel command line\n")
1127 STEXI
1128 @item -append @var{cmdline}
1129 Use @var{cmdline} as kernel command line
1130 ETEXI
1132 DEF("initrd", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_initrd, \
1133 "-initrd file use 'file' as initial ram disk\n")
1134 STEXI
1135 @item -initrd @var{file}
1136 Use @var{file} as initial ram disk.
1138 @item -initrd "@var{file1} arg=foo,@var{file2}"
1140 This syntax is only available with multiboot.
1142 Use @var{file1} and @var{file2} as modules and pass arg=foo as parameter to the
1143 first module.
1144 ETEXI
1146 STEXI
1147 @end table
1148 ETEXI
1150 DEFHEADING()
1152 DEFHEADING(Debug/Expert options:)
1154 STEXI
1155 @table @option
1156 ETEXI
1158 DEF("serial", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_serial, \
1159 "-serial dev redirect the serial port to char device 'dev'\n")
1160 STEXI
1161 @item -serial @var{dev}
1162 Redirect the virtual serial port to host character device
1163 @var{dev}. The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and
1164 @code{stdio} in non graphical mode.
1166 This option can be used several times to simulate up to 4 serial
1167 ports.
1169 Use @code{-serial none} to disable all serial ports.
1171 Available character devices are:
1172 @table @code
1173 @item vc[:WxH]
1174 Virtual console. Optionally, a width and height can be given in pixel with
1175 @example
1176 vc:800x600
1177 @end example
1178 It is also possible to specify width or height in characters:
1179 @example
1180 vc:80Cx24C
1181 @end example
1182 @item pty
1183 [Linux only] Pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)
1184 @item none
1185 No device is allocated.
1186 @item null
1187 void device
1188 @item /dev/XXX
1189 [Linux only] Use host tty, e.g. @file{/dev/ttyS0}. The host serial port
1190 parameters are set according to the emulated ones.
1191 @item /dev/parport@var{N}
1192 [Linux only, parallel port only] Use host parallel port
1193 @var{N}. Currently SPP and EPP parallel port features can be used.
1194 @item file:@var{filename}
1195 Write output to @var{filename}. No character can be read.
1196 @item stdio
1197 [Unix only] standard input/output
1198 @item pipe:@var{filename}
1199 name pipe @var{filename}
1200 @item COM@var{n}
1201 [Windows only] Use host serial port @var{n}
1202 @item udp:[@var{remote_host}]:@var{remote_port}[@@[@var{src_ip}]:@var{src_port}]
1203 This implements UDP Net Console.
1204 When @var{remote_host} or @var{src_ip} are not specified
1205 they default to @code{0.0.0.0}.
1206 When not using a specified @var{src_port} a random port is automatically chosen.
1207 @item msmouse
1208 Three button serial mouse. Configure the guest to use Microsoft protocol.
1210 If you just want a simple readonly console you can use @code{netcat} or
1211 @code{nc}, by starting qemu with: @code{-serial udp::4555} and nc as:
1212 @code{nc -u -l -p 4555}. Any time qemu writes something to that port it
1213 will appear in the netconsole session.
1215 If you plan to send characters back via netconsole or you want to stop
1216 and start qemu a lot of times, you should have qemu use the same
1217 source port each time by using something like @code{-serial
1218 udp::4555@@:4556} to qemu. Another approach is to use a patched
1219 version of netcat which can listen to a TCP port and send and receive
1220 characters via udp. If you have a patched version of netcat which
1221 activates telnet remote echo and single char transfer, then you can
1222 use the following options to step up a netcat redirector to allow
1223 telnet on port 5555 to access the qemu port.
1224 @table @code
1225 @item Qemu Options:
1226 -serial udp::4555@@:4556
1227 @item netcat options:
1228 -u -P 4555 -L 0.0.0.0:4556 -t -p 5555 -I -T
1229 @item telnet options:
1230 localhost 5555
1231 @end table
1233 @item tcp:[@var{host}]:@var{port}[,@var{server}][,nowait][,nodelay]
1234 The TCP Net Console has two modes of operation. It can send the serial
1235 I/O to a location or wait for a connection from a location. By default
1236 the TCP Net Console is sent to @var{host} at the @var{port}. If you use
1237 the @var{server} option QEMU will wait for a client socket application
1238 to connect to the port before continuing, unless the @code{nowait}
1239 option was specified. The @code{nodelay} option disables the Nagle buffering
1240 algorithm. If @var{host} is omitted, 0.0.0.0 is assumed. Only
1241 one TCP connection at a time is accepted. You can use @code{telnet} to
1242 connect to the corresponding character device.
1243 @table @code
1244 @item Example to send tcp console to 192.168.0.2 port 4444
1245 -serial tcp:192.168.0.2:4444
1246 @item Example to listen and wait on port 4444 for connection
1247 -serial tcp::4444,server
1248 @item Example to not wait and listen on ip 192.168.0.100 port 4444
1249 -serial tcp:192.168.0.100:4444,server,nowait
1250 @end table
1252 @item telnet:@var{host}:@var{port}[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]
1253 The telnet protocol is used instead of raw tcp sockets. The options
1254 work the same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp}. The
1255 difference is that the port acts like a telnet server or client using
1256 telnet option negotiation. This will also allow you to send the
1257 MAGIC_SYSRQ sequence if you use a telnet that supports sending the break
1258 sequence. Typically in unix telnet you do it with Control-] and then
1259 type "send break" followed by pressing the enter key.
1261 @item unix:@var{path}[,server][,nowait]
1262 A unix domain socket is used instead of a tcp socket. The option works the
1263 same as if you had specified @code{-serial tcp} except the unix domain socket
1264 @var{path} is used for connections.
1266 @item mon:@var{dev_string}
1267 This is a special option to allow the monitor to be multiplexed onto
1268 another serial port. The monitor is accessed with key sequence of
1269 @key{Control-a} and then pressing @key{c}. See monitor access
1270 @ref{pcsys_keys} in the -nographic section for more keys.
1271 @var{dev_string} should be any one of the serial devices specified
1272 above. An example to multiplex the monitor onto a telnet server
1273 listening on port 4444 would be:
1274 @table @code
1275 @item -serial mon:telnet::4444,server,nowait
1276 @end table
1278 @item braille
1279 Braille device. This will use BrlAPI to display the braille output on a real
1280 or fake device.
1282 @end table
1283 ETEXI
1285 DEF("parallel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_parallel, \
1286 "-parallel dev redirect the parallel port to char device 'dev'\n")
1287 STEXI
1288 @item -parallel @var{dev}
1289 Redirect the virtual parallel port to host device @var{dev} (same
1290 devices as the serial port). On Linux hosts, @file{/dev/parportN} can
1291 be used to use hardware devices connected on the corresponding host
1292 parallel port.
1294 This option can be used several times to simulate up to 3 parallel
1295 ports.
1297 Use @code{-parallel none} to disable all parallel ports.
1298 ETEXI
1300 DEF("monitor", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_monitor, \
1301 "-monitor dev redirect the monitor to char device 'dev'\n")
1302 STEXI
1303 @item -monitor @var{dev}
1304 Redirect the monitor to host device @var{dev} (same devices as the
1305 serial port).
1306 The default device is @code{vc} in graphical mode and @code{stdio} in
1307 non graphical mode.
1308 ETEXI
1310 DEF("pidfile", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_pidfile, \
1311 "-pidfile file write PID to 'file'\n")
1312 STEXI
1313 @item -pidfile @var{file}
1314 Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
1315 from a script.
1316 ETEXI
1318 DEF("singlestep", 0, QEMU_OPTION_singlestep, \
1319 "-singlestep always run in singlestep mode\n")
1320 STEXI
1321 @item -singlestep
1322 Run the emulation in single step mode.
1323 ETEXI
1325 DEF("S", 0, QEMU_OPTION_S, \
1326 "-S freeze CPU at startup (use 'c' to start execution)\n")
1327 STEXI
1328 @item -S
1329 Do not start CPU at startup (you must type 'c' in the monitor).
1330 ETEXI
1332 DEF("gdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_gdb, \
1333 "-gdb dev wait for gdb connection on 'dev'\n")
1334 STEXI
1335 @item -gdb @var{dev}
1336 Wait for gdb connection on device @var{dev} (@pxref{gdb_usage}). Typical
1337 connections will likely be TCP-based, but also UDP, pseudo TTY, or even
1338 stdio are reasonable use case. The latter is allowing to start qemu from
1339 within gdb and establish the connection via a pipe:
1340 @example
1341 (gdb) target remote | exec qemu -gdb stdio ...
1342 @end example
1343 ETEXI
1345 DEF("s", 0, QEMU_OPTION_s, \
1346 "-s shorthand for -gdb tcp::%s\n")
1347 STEXI
1348 @item -s
1349 Shorthand for -gdb tcp::1234, i.e. open a gdbserver on TCP port 1234
1350 (@pxref{gdb_usage}).
1351 ETEXI
1353 DEF("d", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_d, \
1354 "-d item1,... output log to %s (use -d ? for a list of log items)\n")
1355 STEXI
1356 @item -d
1357 Output log in /tmp/qemu.log
1358 ETEXI
1360 DEF("hdachs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hdachs, \
1361 "-hdachs c,h,s[,t]\n" \
1362 " force hard disk 0 physical geometry and the optional BIOS\n" \
1363 " translation (t=none or lba) (usually qemu can guess them)\n")
1364 STEXI
1365 @item -hdachs @var{c},@var{h},@var{s},[,@var{t}]
1366 Force hard disk 0 physical geometry (1 <= @var{c} <= 16383, 1 <=
1367 @var{h} <= 16, 1 <= @var{s} <= 63) and optionally force the BIOS
1368 translation mode (@var{t}=none, lba or auto). Usually QEMU can guess
1369 all those parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
1370 images.
1371 ETEXI
1373 DEF("L", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_L, \
1374 "-L path set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps\n")
1375 STEXI
1376 @item -L @var{path}
1377 Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
1378 ETEXI
1380 DEF("bios", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_bios, \
1381 "-bios file set the filename for the BIOS\n")
1382 STEXI
1383 @item -bios @var{file}
1384 Set the filename for the BIOS.
1385 ETEXI
1387 #ifdef CONFIG_KQEMU
1388 DEF("kernel-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_kernel_kqemu, \
1389 "-kernel-kqemu enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only)\n")
1390 #endif
1391 STEXI
1392 @item -kernel-kqemu
1393 Enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only).
1394 ETEXI
1396 #ifdef CONFIG_KQEMU
1397 DEF("no-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kqemu, \
1398 "-no-kqemu disable KQEMU kernel module usage\n")
1399 #endif
1400 STEXI
1401 @item -no-kqemu
1402 Disable KQEMU kernel module usage. KQEMU options are only available if
1403 KQEMU support is enabled when compiling.
1404 ETEXI
1406 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
1407 DEF("enable-kvm", 0, QEMU_OPTION_enable_kvm, \
1408 "-enable-kvm enable KVM full virtualization support\n")
1409 #endif
1410 STEXI
1411 @item -enable-kvm
1412 Enable KVM full virtualization support. This option is only available
1413 if KVM support is enabled when compiling.
1414 ETEXI
1416 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN
1417 DEF("xen-domid", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_xen_domid,
1418 "-xen-domid id specify xen guest domain id\n")
1419 DEF("xen-create", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_create,
1420 "-xen-create create domain using xen hypercalls, bypassing xend\n"
1421 " warning: should not be used when xend is in use\n")
1422 DEF("xen-attach", 0, QEMU_OPTION_xen_attach,
1423 "-xen-attach attach to existing xen domain\n"
1424 " xend will use this when starting qemu\n")
1425 #endif
1427 DEF("no-reboot", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_reboot, \
1428 "-no-reboot exit instead of rebooting\n")
1429 STEXI
1430 @item -no-reboot
1431 Exit instead of rebooting.
1432 ETEXI
1434 DEF("no-shutdown", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_shutdown, \
1435 "-no-shutdown stop before shutdown\n")
1436 STEXI
1437 @item -no-shutdown
1438 Don't exit QEMU on guest shutdown, but instead only stop the emulation.
1439 This allows for instance switching to monitor to commit changes to the
1440 disk image.
1441 ETEXI
1443 DEF("loadvm", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_loadvm, \
1444 "-loadvm [tag|id]\n" \
1445 " start right away with a saved state (loadvm in monitor)\n")
1446 STEXI
1447 @item -loadvm @var{file}
1448 Start right away with a saved state (@code{loadvm} in monitor)
1449 ETEXI
1451 #ifndef _WIN32
1452 DEF("daemonize", 0, QEMU_OPTION_daemonize, \
1453 "-daemonize daemonize QEMU after initializing\n")
1454 #endif
1455 STEXI
1456 @item -daemonize
1457 Daemonize the QEMU process after initialization. QEMU will not detach from
1458 standard IO until it is ready to receive connections on any of its devices.
1459 This option is a useful way for external programs to launch QEMU without having
1460 to cope with initialization race conditions.
1461 ETEXI
1463 DEF("option-rom", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_option_rom, \
1464 "-option-rom rom load a file, rom, into the option ROM space\n")
1465 STEXI
1466 @item -option-rom @var{file}
1467 Load the contents of @var{file} as an option ROM.
1468 This option is useful to load things like EtherBoot.
1469 ETEXI
1471 DEF("clock", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_clock, \
1472 "-clock force the use of the given methods for timer alarm.\n" \
1473 " To see what timers are available use -clock ?\n")
1474 STEXI
1475 @item -clock @var{method}
1476 Force the use of the given methods for timer alarm. To see what timers
1477 are available use -clock ?.
1478 ETEXI
1480 DEF("localtime", 0, QEMU_OPTION_localtime, \
1481 "-localtime set the real time clock to local time [default=utc]\n")
1482 STEXI
1483 @item -localtime
1484 Set the real time clock to local time (the default is to UTC
1485 time). This option is needed to have correct date in MS-DOS or
1486 Windows.
1487 ETEXI
1489 DEF("startdate", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_startdate, \
1490 "-startdate select initial date of the clock\n")
1491 STEXI
1493 @item -startdate @var{date}
1494 Set the initial date of the real time clock. Valid formats for
1495 @var{date} are: @code{now} or @code{2006-06-17T16:01:21} or
1496 @code{2006-06-17}. The default value is @code{now}.
1497 ETEXI
1499 DEF("icount", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_icount, \
1500 "-icount [N|auto]\n" \
1501 " enable virtual instruction counter with 2^N clock ticks per\n" \
1502 " instruction\n")
1503 STEXI
1504 @item -icount [N|auto]
1505 Enable virtual instruction counter. The virtual cpu will execute one
1506 instruction every 2^N ns of virtual time. If @code{auto} is specified
1507 then the virtual cpu speed will be automatically adjusted to keep virtual
1508 time within a few seconds of real time.
1510 Note that while this option can give deterministic behavior, it does not
1511 provide cycle accurate emulation. Modern CPUs contain superscalar out of
1512 order cores with complex cache hierarchies. The number of instructions
1513 executed often has little or no correlation with actual performance.
1514 ETEXI
1516 DEF("watchdog", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog, \
1517 "-watchdog i6300esb|ib700\n" \
1518 " enable virtual hardware watchdog [default=none]\n")
1519 STEXI
1520 @item -watchdog @var{model}
1521 Create a virtual hardware watchdog device. Once enabled (by a guest
1522 action), the watchdog must be periodically polled by an agent inside
1523 the guest or else the guest will be restarted.
1525 The @var{model} is the model of hardware watchdog to emulate. Choices
1526 for model are: @code{ib700} (iBASE 700) which is a very simple ISA
1527 watchdog with a single timer, or @code{i6300esb} (Intel 6300ESB I/O
1528 controller hub) which is a much more featureful PCI-based dual-timer
1529 watchdog. Choose a model for which your guest has drivers.
1531 Use @code{-watchdog ?} to list available hardware models. Only one
1532 watchdog can be enabled for a guest.
1533 ETEXI
1535 DEF("watchdog-action", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_watchdog_action, \
1536 "-watchdog-action reset|shutdown|poweroff|pause|debug|none\n" \
1537 " action when watchdog fires [default=reset]\n")
1538 STEXI
1539 @item -watchdog-action @var{action}
1541 The @var{action} controls what QEMU will do when the watchdog timer
1542 expires.
1543 The default is
1544 @code{reset} (forcefully reset the guest).
1545 Other possible actions are:
1546 @code{shutdown} (attempt to gracefully shutdown the guest),
1547 @code{poweroff} (forcefully poweroff the guest),
1548 @code{pause} (pause the guest),
1549 @code{debug} (print a debug message and continue), or
1550 @code{none} (do nothing).
1552 Note that the @code{shutdown} action requires that the guest responds
1553 to ACPI signals, which it may not be able to do in the sort of
1554 situations where the watchdog would have expired, and thus
1555 @code{-watchdog-action shutdown} is not recommended for production use.
1557 Examples:
1559 @table @code
1560 @item -watchdog i6300esb -watchdog-action pause
1561 @item -watchdog ib700
1562 @end table
1563 ETEXI
1565 DEF("echr", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_echr, \
1566 "-echr chr set terminal escape character instead of ctrl-a\n")
1567 STEXI
1569 @item -echr numeric_ascii_value
1570 Change the escape character used for switching to the monitor when using
1571 monitor and serial sharing. The default is @code{0x01} when using the
1572 @code{-nographic} option. @code{0x01} is equal to pressing
1573 @code{Control-a}. You can select a different character from the ascii
1574 control keys where 1 through 26 map to Control-a through Control-z. For
1575 instance you could use the either of the following to change the escape
1576 character to Control-t.
1577 @table @code
1578 @item -echr 0x14
1579 @item -echr 20
1580 @end table
1581 ETEXI
1583 DEF("virtioconsole", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtiocon, \
1584 "-virtioconsole c\n" \
1585 " set virtio console\n")
1586 STEXI
1587 @item -virtioconsole @var{c}
1588 Set virtio console.
1589 ETEXI
1591 DEF("show-cursor", 0, QEMU_OPTION_show_cursor, \
1592 "-show-cursor show cursor\n")
1593 STEXI
1594 ETEXI
1596 DEF("tb-size", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_tb_size, \
1597 "-tb-size n set TB size\n")
1598 STEXI
1599 ETEXI
1601 DEF("incoming", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_incoming, \
1602 "-incoming p prepare for incoming migration, listen on port p\n")
1603 STEXI
1604 ETEXI
1606 #ifndef _WIN32
1607 DEF("chroot", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chroot, \
1608 "-chroot dir Chroot to dir just before starting the VM.\n")
1609 #endif
1610 STEXI
1611 @item -chroot dir
1612 Immediately before starting guest execution, chroot to the specified
1613 directory. Especially useful in combination with -runas.
1614 ETEXI
1616 #ifndef _WIN32
1617 DEF("runas", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_runas, \
1618 "-runas user Change to user id user just before starting the VM.\n")
1619 #endif
1620 STEXI
1621 @item -runas user
1622 Immediately before starting guest execution, drop root privileges, switching
1623 to the specified user.
1624 ETEXI
1626 STEXI
1627 @end table
1628 ETEXI
1630 #if defined(TARGET_SPARC) || defined(TARGET_PPC)
1631 DEF("prom-env", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_prom_env,
1632 "-prom-env variable=value\n"
1633 " set OpenBIOS nvram variables\n")
1634 #endif
1635 #if defined(TARGET_ARM) || defined(TARGET_M68K)
1636 DEF("semihosting", 0, QEMU_OPTION_semihosting,
1637 "-semihosting semihosting mode\n")
1638 #endif
1639 #if defined(TARGET_ARM)
1640 DEF("old-param", 0, QEMU_OPTION_old_param,
1641 "-old-param old param mode\n")
1642 #endif