5 The ``-device vmcoreinfo`` will create a ``fw_cfg`` entry for a guest to
11 A guest may use this ``fw_cfg`` entry to add information details to QEMU
14 The entry of 16 bytes has the following layout, in little-endian::
16 #define VMCOREINFO_FORMAT_NONE 0x0
17 #define VMCOREINFO_FORMAT_ELF 0x1
19 struct FWCfgVMCoreInfo {
20 uint16_t host_format; /* formats host supports */
21 uint16_t guest_format; /* format guest supplies */
22 uint32_t size; /* size of vmcoreinfo region */
23 uint64_t paddr; /* physical address of vmcoreinfo region */
26 Only full write (of 16 bytes) are considered valid for further
27 processing of entry values.
29 A write of 0 in ``guest_format`` will disable further processing of
30 vmcoreinfo entry values & content.
32 You may write a ``guest_format`` that is not supported by the host, in
33 which case the entry data can be ignored by QEMU (but you may still
34 access it through a debugger, via ``vmcoreinfo_realize::vmcoreinfo_state``).
39 As of QEMU 2.11, only ``VMCOREINFO_FORMAT_ELF`` is supported.
41 The entry gives location and size of an ELF note that is appended in
44 The note format/class must be of the target bitness and the size must
47 If the ELF note name is ``VMCOREINFO``, it is expected to be the Linux
48 vmcoreinfo note (see `the kernel documentation for its format
49 <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-vmcoreinfo>`_).
50 In this case, qemu dump code will read the content
51 as a key=value text file, looking for ``NUMBER(phys_base)`` key
52 value. The value is expected to be more accurate than architecture
53 guess of the value. This is useful for KASLR-enabled guest with
54 ancient tools not handling the ``VMCOREINFO`` note.