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qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section
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 <pbonzini@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Tested-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Message-id: 20200228153619.9906-8-peter.maydell@linaro.org Message-id: 20200226113034.6741-8-pbonzini@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>master
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* Introduction::
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* Introduction::
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* QEMU System emulator::
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* QEMU System emulator::
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* QEMU System emulator targets::
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* QEMU System emulator targets::
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* System requirements::
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* Security::
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* Security::
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* Implementation notes::
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* Implementation notes::
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* Deprecated features::
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* Deprecated features::
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@menu
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@menu
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* pcsys_devices:: Peripherals
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* pcsys_devices:: Peripherals
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* cpu_models_x86:: Supported CPU model configurations on x86 hosts
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* cpu_models_x86:: Supported CPU model configurations on x86 hosts
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* pcsys_req:: OS requirements
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@end menu
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@end menu
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@node pcsys_devices
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@node pcsys_devices
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@include docs/system/cpu-models-x86.texi
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@include docs/system/cpu-models-x86.texi
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@raisesections
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@raisesections
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@node pcsys_req
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@subsection OS requirements
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On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
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require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer. Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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7 is also supported, since the required functionality was backported.
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@node PowerPC System emulator
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@node PowerPC System emulator
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@section PowerPC System emulator
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@section PowerPC System emulator
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@cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
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@cindex system emulation (PowerPC)
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@c man end
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@c man end
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@node System requirements
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@chapter System requirements
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@section KVM kernel module
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On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM accelerator
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require the host to be running Linux v4.5 or newer.
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The OpteronG[345] CPU models require KVM support for RDTSCP, which was
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added with Linux 4.5 which is supported by the major distros. And even
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if RHEL7 has kernel 3.10, KVM there has the required functionality there
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to make it close to a 4.5 or newer kernel.
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@include docs/security.texi
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@include docs/security.texi
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@include qemu-tech.texi
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@include qemu-tech.texi
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