Changes since [v7]
* Paperwork:
- add missing Signed-off-by tags;
- pick up Reviewed-by tags from v7.
Changes since [v6]
* Address review comments:
- re-introduce optical media support;
- rename PCIe Root Ports from pci.* to pcie.*;
- remove reference to GTK+.
Changes since [v5]
* Address review comments:
- use the native serial console rather than the VirtIO
based one, and enable monitor multiplexing so that
the user can switch between the two;
- add GIC version configuration;
- improve wording all over the place.
* Improvements:
- add information about Debian/Ubuntu firmware
packages.
Changes since [v4]
* Improvements:
- move storage configuration from the command line
to the configuration files so that the command
line is shorter and we can provide better
documentation for the various parts;
- configure the amount of memory for the guest in
the file too;
- document the fact that you might want/need to use
'-serial stdio' and '-display vnc=...' in some
situations;
- fix the value of 'port' for one of the
pcie-root-port devices;
- fix some inaccurate comments.
* Arguably the opposite:
- remove the sample command line for running a live
OS from the file header. I could be convinced to
add it back as a (commented) section about it, if
people think it's useful enough.
Changes since [v3]
* Address review comments:
- place VGA at 00:01.0;
- use pcie-root-port instead of ioh3420 in
q35-virtio-*.cfg;
- add a comment to let users know that PCI Express
devices should not be placed on the legacy PCI
bridge.
Changes since [v2]
* Address review comments:
- use -nodefaults in q35-emulated.cfg too;
- add explicit VGA and Ethernet.
* Improvements:
- use virtconsole and virtio-serial instead of
isa-serial in q35-virtio-serial.cfg.
* Possibily controversial:
- get rid of q35-virtio-common.cfg and add the PCIe
Root Ports back into q35-virtio-*.cfg: while this
leads to having some duplicated content, I feel like
the sample configurations are much more useful when
they can stand entirely on their own, especially now
that they start with a detailed hardware listing.
* Cosmetic stuff:
- hardware listing looks like the output of lspci;
- section names match what's used in the hardware
listing so it's faster to jump to the section;
- PCI addresses also match the output of lspci;
- PCI Express is used instead of PCIe.
Changes since [v1]
* Address review comments:
- improve the existing configuration file instead
of removing it;
- split off the common part for VirtIO guests;
- plug all ioh3420 devices in a single slot;
- use slot 1c for ioh3420 devices;
- remove useless USB keyboard.
* Improve usage description:
- make sure the OS disk actually uses the VirtIO
SCSI controller, as intended, rather than the
built-in SATA one;
- provide a command line for running live CDs.
* Document more devices:
- the video card is added by default;
- so is the Ethernet adapter, apparently.
[v1] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06342.html
[v2] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg00184.html
[v3] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg00461.html
[v4] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg00672.html
[v5] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg01714.html
[v6] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02206.html
[v7] http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg02311.html
Andrea Bolognani (2):
q35: Improve sample configuration files
mach-virt: Provide sample configuration files
docs/mach-virt-graphical.cfg | 281 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/mach-virt-serial.cfg | 243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/q35-chipset.cfg | 152 ----------------------
docs/q35-emulated.cfg | 288 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/q35-virtio-graphical.cfg | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
docs/q35-virtio-serial.cfg | 193 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 1253 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 docs/mach-virt-graphical.cfg
create mode 100644 docs/mach-virt-serial.cfg
delete mode 100644 docs/q35-chipset.cfg
create mode 100644 docs/q35-emulated.cfg
create mode 100644 docs/q35-virtio-graphical.cfg
create mode 100644 docs/q35-virtio-serial.cfg
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