Author: bdubbs
Date: Sat Mar 16 18:59:41 2013
New Revision: 11112
Log:
Update to qemu-1.4.0
Added:
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml
- copied, changed from r11111,
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu-kvm.xml
Deleted:
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu-kvm.xml
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/virtualization.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Sat Mar 16 16:53:47 2013 (r11111)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Sat Mar 16 18:59:41 2013 (r11112)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
<!ENTITY zsh-version "5.0.0">
<!-- Chapter 8 Virtualization -->
-<!ENTITY qemu-kvm-version "1.2.0">
+<!ENTITY qemu-version "1.4.0">
<!-- Part III -->
<!-- Chapter 9 -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Mar 16 16:53:47
2013 (r11111)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Sat Mar 16 18:59:41
2013 (r11112)
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
<para>March 16th, 2013</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Changed from qemu-kvm to qemu-1.4.0 which
+ now includes kvm options.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[krejzi] - Added Glamor EGL 0.5.0.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Copied and modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml (from r11111,
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu-kvm.xml)
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu-kvm.xml Sat Mar 16 16:53:47
2013 (r11111, copy source)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml Sat Mar 16 18:59:41 2013
(r11112)
@@ -4,32 +4,32 @@
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-download-http " ">
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-download-ftp
"&sourceforge-repo2;/projects/kvm/files/qemu-kvm/&qemu-kvm-version;/qemu-kvm-&qemu-kvm-version;.tar.gz">
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-md5sum "d7b18b673c48abfee65a9c0245df0415">
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-size "6.5 MB">
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-buildsize "151 MB">
- <!ENTITY qemu-kvm-time "1.6 SBU">
+ <!ENTITY qemu-download-http
"http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-&qemu-version;.tar.bz2";>
+ <!ENTITY qemu-download-ftp " ">
+ <!ENTITY qemu-md5sum "78f13b774814b6b7ebcaf4f9b9204318">
+ <!ENTITY qemu-size "10 MB">
+ <!ENTITY qemu-buildsize "188 MB">
+ <!ENTITY qemu-time "1.5 SBU">
]>
-<sect1 id="qemu-kvm" xreflabel="qemu-kvm-&qemu-kvm-version;">
- <?dbhtml filename="qemu-kvm.html"?>
+<sect1 id="qemu" xreflabel="qemu-&qemu-version;">
+ <?dbhtml filename="qemu.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
- <title>qemu-kvm-&qemu-kvm-version;</title>
+ <title>qemu-&qemu-version;</title>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm">
- <primary sortas="a-qemu-kvm">qemu-kvm</primary>
+ <indexterm zone="qemu">
+ <primary sortas="a-qemu">qemu</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
- <title>Introduction to qemu-kvm</title>
+ <title>Introduction to qemu</title>
- <para><application>qemu-kvm</application> is a full virtualization solution
+ <para><application>qemu</application> is a full virtualization solution
for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or
AMD-V).</para>
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
- <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&qemu-kvm-download-http;"/></para>
+ <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&qemu-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&qemu-kvm-download-ftp;"/></para>
+ <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&qemu-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download MD5 sum: &qemu-kvm-md5sum;</para>
+ <para>Download MD5 sum: &qemu-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Download size: &qemu-kvm-size;</para>
+ <para>Download size: &qemu-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated disk space required: &qemu-kvm-buildsize;</para>
+ <para>Estimated disk space required: &qemu-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Estimated build time: &qemu-kvm-time;</para>
+ <para>Estimated build time: &qemu-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para>Required Patch: <ulink
- url="&patch-root;/qemu-kvm-&qemu-kvm-version;-fixes-1.patch"/></para>
+ url="&patch-root;/qemu-&qemu-version;-fixes-1.patch"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Qemu-kvm Dependencies</bridgehead>
+ <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Qemu Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
@@ -89,14 +89,14 @@
</para>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
- <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/qemu-kvm"/></para>
+ <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/qemu"/></para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id='qemu-kvm-prereq'>
+ <sect2 id='qemu-prereq'>
<title>KVM Prerequsites</title>
- <para>Before building <application>qemu-kvm</application>, check to see if
+ <para>Before building <application>qemu</application>, check to see if
your processor supports Virtualization Technology (VT):</para>
<screen><userinput>egrep '^flags.*(vmx|svm)'
/proc/cpuinfo</userinput></screen>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
</sect2>
- <sect2 role="kernel" id='qemu-kvm-kernel'>
+ <sect2 role="kernel" id='qemu-kernel'>
<title>Kernel Configuration</title>
<para>Enable the following options in the kernel configuration
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
KVM for Intel processors support: M or Y
KVM for AMD processors support: M or Y</literal></screen>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-kvm-kernel">
- <primary sortas="d-qemu-kvm">kvm-qemu</primary>
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-kernel">
+ <primary sortas="d-qemu">qemu</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>The Intel or AMD settings are not both required, but the one matching
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of qemu-kvm</title>
+ <title>Installation of qemu</title>
<para>If <application>xorg</application> is not installed in
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, then the linker needs to
@@ -141,25 +141,25 @@
<screen><userinput>export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/xorg/lib</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install <application>qemu-kvm</application> by running the following
+ <para>Install <application>qemu</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../qemu-kvm-&qemu-kvm-version;-fixes-1.patch
-./configure --prefix=/usr &&
-LIBS_QGA=-lrt LIBS=-lrt make</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Testing the results is not automated. To run individual tests, change
- to the <filename class='directory'>tests/</filename> directory, and examine
- the <filename>Makefile</filename>. Each test may be run individually with
- <command>make run-<test name></command>.</para>
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../qemu-&qemu-version;-fixes-1.patch
+./configure --prefix=/usr \
+ --sysconfdir=/etc \
+ --target-list=x86_64-softmmu &&
+make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>To run the built in tests, run <command>make V=1
check</command>.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
user:</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-
- <note><para>The main program <command>qemu-system-x86_64</command> doesn't
+
+ <note><!--<para>The main program <command>qemu-system-x86_64</command>
doesn't
make a distinction between i386 and x86_64 so even on an i386 system you
should use <emphasis>qemu-system-x86_64</emphasis></para>
+ -->
<para>For convenience you may want to create a symbolic link to run
<command>qemu-system-x86_64</command>:</para>
@@ -172,15 +172,17 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><parameter>LIBS_QGA=-lrt LIBS=-lrt make</parameter>: Ensure that
- the link process searches the correct libraries for needed
functions.</para>
+ <para><parameter>--target-list=x86_64-softmmu</parameter>: This option
+ limits the build target to the x86_64 architecture. For other
+ hardware emulation see the --target-list list in
<command>configure</command>'s
+ help output. Omitting this option will build all architectures.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
- <title>Configuring qemu-kvm</title>
+ <title>Configuring qemu</title>
<para>To generate an image, run:</para>
@@ -192,9 +194,7 @@
<note><para>The following instructions assume you have created the optional
symbolic link, <userinput>qemu</userinput>. Additionally, you must run
- <userinput>qemu</userinput> as the <systemitem
- class="username">root</systemitem> user command from an X-Windows based
- terminal.</para></note>
+ <userinput>qemu</userinput> from an X-Windows based terminal.</para></note>
<para>To install an operating system, download an iso of your choice or use
a pre-intalled cdrom device. For the purposes of this example, use
@@ -202,22 +202,24 @@
<filename>Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso</filename> in the current
directory. Run the following:</para>
-<screen><userinput>qemu -hda vdisk.img \
+<screen><userinput>qemu -enable-kvm -hda vdisk.img \
-cdrom Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso \
-boot d \
-m 384</userinput></screen>
<para>Follow the normal installation procedures for the chosen
- distribution. The -boot option specifies the boot order of drives as a
string
- of drive letters. Valid drive letters are: a, b (floppy 1 and 2), c (first
- hard disk), d (first CD-ROM). The -m option is the amount of memory to use
- for the virtual machine. If you have sufficient memory (2G or more), 1G is
- a reasonable value. For computers with 512MB of RAM it's safe to use -m
- 192, or even -m 128 (the default).</para>
+ distribution. The -boot option specifies the boot order of drives as a
+ string of drive letters. Valid drive letters are: a, b (floppy 1 and 2), c
+ (first hard disk), d (first CD-ROM). The -m option is the amount of memory
+ to use for the virtual machine. If you have sufficient memory (2G or
+ more), 1G is a reasonable value. For computers with 512MB of RAM it's safe
+ to use -m 192, or even -m 128 (the default). The -enable-kvm option allows
+ for hardware acceleeration. Without this switch, the emulation is
+ relatively slow.</para>
<para>To run the newly installed operating system, run:</para>
-<screen><userinput>qemu vdisk.img -m 384</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>qemu -enable-kvm vdisk.img -m 384</userinput></screen>
<para>To add networking to the instance add "-net nic -net user" to the
command above. qemu provides a DHCP server for the VM and, depending on
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@
<para>implements support for QMP (QEMU Monitor Protocol) commands and
events that terminate and originate respectively within the guest
using an agent built as part of QEMU.</para>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-ga">
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-ga">
<primary sortas="b-qemu-ga">qemu-ga</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@
<term><command>qemu-img</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>provides commands to manage QEMU disk images.</para>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-img">
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-img">
<primary sortas="b-qemu-img">qemu-img</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>is a diagnostic and manipulation program for (virtual) memory
media. It is still at an early stage of development.</para>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-io">
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-io">
<primary sortas="b-qemu-io">qemu-io</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
@@ -359,7 +361,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>exports Qemu disk images using the QEMU Disk Network Block
Device (NBD) protocol.</para>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-nbd">
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-nbd">
<primary sortas="b-qemu-nbd">qemu-nbd</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@
<term><command>qemu-system-x86_64</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is the QEMU PC System emulator.</para>
- <indexterm zone="qemu-kvm qemu-system">
+ <indexterm zone="qemu qemu-system">
<primary sortas="b-qemu-system">qemu-system-x86_64</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/virtualization.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/virtualization.xml Sat Mar 16
16:53:47 2013 (r11111)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/virtualization/virtualization.xml Sat Mar 16
18:59:41 2013 (r11112)
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
processor or utilize the hardware virtualization features of the host
processor.</para>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="qemu-kvm.xml"/>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="qemu.xml"/>
</chapter>
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