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[PATCH v3 07/33] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC se
From: |
Peter Maydell |
Subject: |
[PATCH v3 07/33] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:35:53 +0000 |
From: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
The system requirements documented in this chapter are limited to x86 KVM
targets.
Clean them up and move them to the target section.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
Message-id: address@hidden
Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
---
qemu-doc.texi | 22 ++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 88e84300e91..40fab523f35 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
* Introduction::
* QEMU System emulator::
* QEMU System emulator targets::
-* System requirements::
* Security::
* Implementation notes::
* Deprecated features::
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@ various targets are mentioned in the following sections.
@menu
* pcsys_devices:: Peripherals
* cpu_models_x86:: Supported CPU model configurations on x86 hosts
+* pcsys_req:: OS requirements
@end menu
@node pcsys_devices
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ CS4231A is the chip used in Windows Sound System and
GUSMAX products
@include docs/system/cpu-models-x86.texi
@raisesections
+@node pcsys_req
+@subsection OS requirements
+
+On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
+require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+7 is also supported, since the required functionality was backported.
+
@node PowerPC System emulator
@section PowerPC System emulator
@cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
@@ -1038,19 +1045,6 @@ so should only be used with trusted guest OS.
@c man end
-@node System requirements
-@chapter System requirements
-
-@section KVM kernel module
-
-On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
-require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer.
-
-The OpteronG[345] CPU models require KVM support for RDTSCP, which was
-added with Linux 4.5 which is supported by the major distros. And even
-if RHEL7 has kernel 3.10, KVM there has the required functionality there
-to make it close to a 4.5 or newer kernel.
-
@include docs/security.texi
@include qemu-tech.texi
--
2.20.1
- [PATCH v3 00/33] Convert qemu-doc to rST, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 02/33] qemu-doc: remove target OS documentation, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 03/33] texi2pod: parse @include directives outside "@c man" blocks, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 01/33] qemu-doc: convert user-mode emulation to a separate Sphinx manual, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 06/33] qemu-doc: extract common system emulator documentation from the PC section, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 07/33] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section,
Peter Maydell <=
- [PATCH v3 04/33] qemu-doc: split CPU models doc between MIPS and x86 parts, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 15/33] docs/system: Convert qemu-cpu-models.texi to rST, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 10/33] qemu-doc: move qemu-tech.texi into main section, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 11/33] qemu-doc: move included files to docs/system, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 12/33] qemu-doc: remove indices other than findex, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 14/33] docs: Create defs.rst.inc as a place to define substitutions, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 17/33] docs/system: convert managed startup to rST., Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 18/33] docs/system: convert the documentation of deprecated features to rST., Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 08/33] qemu-doc: split target sections to separate files, Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28
- [PATCH v3 09/33] qemu-doc: Remove the "CPU emulation" part of the "Implementation notes", Peter Maydell, 2020/02/28