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Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson Signed-off-by: Alex Benn=C3=A9e Message-Id: <20230623122100.1640995-22-alex.bennee@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 --- v2 - removed excessive start --- docs/devel/index-process.rst | 2 ++ docs/devel/index-tcg.rst | 2 ++ docs/devel/index.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- docs/devel/tcg.rst | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/index-process.rst b/docs/devel/index-process.rst index d50dd74c3e..362f97ee30 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index-process.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index-process.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _development_process: + QEMU Community Processes ------------------------ =20 diff --git a/docs/devel/index-tcg.rst b/docs/devel/index-tcg.rst index b44ff8b5a4..a992844e5c 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index-tcg.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index-tcg.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _tcg: + TCG Emulation ------------- =20 diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst index 09cfb322be..abf60457c2 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index.rst @@ -2,10 +2,30 @@ Developer Information --------------------- =20 -This section of the manual documents various parts of the internals of QEM= U. -You only need to read it if you are interested in reading or +This section of the manual documents various parts of the internals of +QEMU. You only need to read it if you are interested in reading or modifying QEMU's source code. =20 +QEMU is a large and mature project with a number of complex subsystems +that can be overwhelming to understand. The development documentation +is not comprehensive but hopefully presents enough to get you started. +If there are areas that are unclear please reach out either via the +IRC channel or mailing list and hopefully we can improve the +documentation for future developers. + +All developers will want to familiarise themselves with +:ref:`development_process` and how the community interacts. Please pay +particular attention to the :ref:`coding-style` and +:ref:`submitting-a-patch` sections to avoid common pitfalls. + +If you wish to implement a new hardware model you will want to read +through the :ref:`qom` documentation to understand how QEMU's object +model works. + +Those wishing to enhance or add new CPU emulation capabilities will +want to read our :ref:`tcg` documentation, especially the overview of +the :ref:`tcg_internals`. + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 =20 diff --git a/docs/devel/tcg.rst b/docs/devel/tcg.rst index b4096a17df..2786f2f679 100644 --- a/docs/devel/tcg.rst +++ b/docs/devel/tcg.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _tcg_internals: + =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Translator Internals =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 2.39.2