Instead of repeating the same text for both options, let's rather change
the '-machine accel' documentation to point to the preferred '-accel' option
instead.
And in the documenation of the -accel option, make it clear that you can
use colons to specify multiple accelerators.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com>
---
qemu-options.hx | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 451f7a6..0ec9cac 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ ETEXI
DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
"-machine [type=]name[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
" selects emulated machine ('-machine help' for list)\n"
- " property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects
accelerator\n"
- " supported accelerators are kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or
tcg (default: tcg)\n"
+ " property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects accelerator
(see -accel)\n"
" kernel_irqchip=on|off|split controls accelerated irqchip
support (default=off)\n"
" vmport=on|off|auto controls emulation of vmport (default:
auto)\n"
" kvm_shadow_mem=size of KVM shadow MMU in bytes\n"
@@ -66,10 +65,8 @@ of QEMU will support machine types from many previous
versions.
Supported machine properties are:
@table @option
@item accel=@var{accels1}[:@var{accels2}[:...]]
-This is used to enable an accelerator. Depending on the target architecture,
-kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or tcg can be available. By default, tcg is used. If
there is
-more than one accelerator specified, the next one is used if the previous one
-fails to initialize.
+This can be used to enable an accelerator. See the preferred @code{-accel}
+option for a list of available accelerators.
@item kernel_irqchip=on|off
Controls in-kernel irqchip support for the chosen accelerator when available.
@item gfx_passthru=on|off
@@ -128,16 +125,17 @@ Select CPU model (@code{-cpu help} for list and
additional feature selection)
ETEXI
DEF("accel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_accel,
- "-accel [accel=]accelerator[,thread=single|multi]\n"
+ "-accel [accel=]accelerator[:accelerator[:...]][,thread=single|multi]\n"
" select accelerator (kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or tcg; use
'help' for a list)\n"
- " thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+ " thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)\n",
QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
STEXI
@item -accel @var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
@findex -accel
This is used to enable an accelerator. Depending on the target architecture,
-kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or tcg can be available. By default, tcg is used. If
there is
-more than one accelerator specified, the next one is used if the previous one
-fails to initialize.
+kvm, xen, hax, hvf, whpx or tcg can be available. By default, tcg is used.
+Multiple accelerators can be specified by separating them with a colon. If
+there is more than one accelerator specified, the next one is used if the
+previous one fails to initialize.
@table @option
@item thread=single|multi
Controls number of TCG threads. When the TCG is multi-threaded there will be
one
--
1.8.3.1
