Talk:QEMU/Options

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Network bridge

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wouldn't it be useful to remove the advice to "emerge --ask sys-apps/usermode-utilities net-misc/bridge-utils" because: With net-misc/netifrc >=0.4.0, the installation of net-misc/bridge-utils has been deprecated. The network bridge is set up simply by configuring it in /etc/conf.d/net

Meanwhile we have version 0.5.1 stable... --Pauledd (talk) 11:15, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Agreed, I'll do it now. In future if you know your solution is better then please just do it.

Immolo (talk) 08:51, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

General Option Help

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I was looking to expand the QEMU option until I saw "translation" and paused.

There has to be a section where we can put all the help options verbatim somewhere but not include it into the manual.

Maybe like an "Invocation" section?

user $qemu-system-x86_64 -machine help

Supported machines are:
microvm              microvm (i386)
pc                   Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (alias of pc-i440fx-7.2)
pc-i440fx-7.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (default)
pc-i440fx-7.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-7.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-6.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-6.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-6.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-5.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-5.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-5.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-4.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-4.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-4.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-3.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-3.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.9        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.8        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.3        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.2        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.12       Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.11       Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.10       Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.1        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-2.0        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
pc-i440fx-1.7        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (deprecated)
pc-i440fx-1.6        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (deprecated)
pc-i440fx-1.5        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (deprecated)
pc-i440fx-1.4        Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) (deprecated)
q35                  Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) (alias of pc-q35-7.2)
pc-q35-7.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-7.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-7.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-6.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-6.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-6.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-5.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-5.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-5.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-4.2           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-4.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-4.0.1         Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-4.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-3.1           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-3.0           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.9           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.8           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.7           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.6           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.5           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.4           Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.12          Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.11          Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
pc-q35-2.10          Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
isapc                ISA-only PC
none                 empty machine
x-remote             Experimental remote machine

Same thing for the following?

qemu-system-x86_64 -machine help
qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu help
qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic,model=help
qemu-system-x86_64 -audio model=help
qemu-system-x86_64 -audiodev driver=help
qemu-system-x86_64 -device help
qemu-system-x86_64 -display help
qemu-system-x86_64 -console help
qemu-system-x86_64 -chardev help
qemu-system-x86_64 -tpmdev help
qemu-system-x86_64 -d help
qemu-system-x86_64 -L help
qemu-system-x86_64 -trace help

Also, do we want the collapsed output of each command or not, or just the commands only?

I am only happy to flesh it out after the master editor outlines its placement. Egberts (talk) 16:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Egberts. Feel free to add the relevant invocations. There's no "master editor" — anyone should feel free to edit any page on this wiki. Please do check out the contributor's guide before editing, though.

My suggestion is to place the relevant invocations at the top of their relevant sections. For example, the example you gave would go at the top of section Machine. If some relevant sections are missing, you can create them.

— Waldo Lemmer 05:01, 7 June 2024 (UTC)