Changeset 8cffdfa

Timestamp:

02/27/2023 07:32:06 AM (14 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

1b293aec

Parents:

f1f1519

Message:

qemu: Tell how to build guest kernel with Virtio

File:

• postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml (modified) (1 diff)

postlfs/virtualization/qemu.xml

@@ -479 +479 @@
       performance, but it requires a Virtio driver in guest kernel.  Use
       it instead of a plain <option>-drive</option> if the guest kernel
-      supports Virtio.  Note that if the guest kernel is Linux, the virtual
-      disks using Virtio interface will be named <filename>vdx</filename>
-      in the devtmpfs, instead of <filename>sdx</filename>.
+      supports Virtio.  To build a Linux kernel with Virtio support for the
+      guest, use
+      <command>make defconfig &amp;&amp; make kvm_guest.config</command> to
+      create an initial kernel configuration with the Virtio drives enabled,
+      then make your customization.  And, if the guest kernel is Linux, the
+      virtual disks using Virtio interface will be named
+      <filename>vdx</filename> in the devtmpfs, instead of
+      <filename>sdx</filename>.
     </para>