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[PULL,07/33] qemu-doc: move system requirements chapter inside PC section

Message ID 20200306110959.29461-8-peter.maydell@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit 0a3716060f7dd7dcdcbffe12197a9fb8ca371a0f
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Peter Maydell March 6, 2020, 11:09 a.m. UTC 
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>


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>

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 qemu-doc.texi | 22 ++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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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