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author | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2023-05-02 16:38:29 +0100 |
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committer | Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> | 2023-05-02 16:38:29 +0100 |
commit | c586691e676214eb7edf6a468e84e7ce3b314d43 (patch) | |
tree | ff65640b4837c602f8a174c4da895801e1e177e6 /docs | |
parent | b5f47ba73b7c1457d2f18d71c00e1a91a76fe60b (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'pull-target-arm-20230502-2' of https://git.linaro.org/people/pmaydell/qemu-arm into staging
target-arm queue:
* Support building Arm targets with CONFIG_TCG=no (ie KVM only)
* hw/net: npcm7xx_emc: set MAC in register space
* hw/arm/bcm2835_property: Implement "get command line" message
* Deprecate the '-singlestep' command line option in favour of
'-one-insn-per-tb' and '-accel one-insn-per-tb=on'
* Deprecate 'singlestep' member of QMP StatusInfo struct
* docs/about/deprecated.rst: Add "since 7.1" tag to dtb-kaslr-seed deprecation
* hw/net/msf2-emac: Don't modify descriptor in-place in emac_store_desc()
* raspi, aspeed: Write bootloader code correctly on big-endian hosts
* hw/intc/allwinner-a10-pic: Fix bug on big-endian hosts
* Fix bug in A32 ERET on big-endian hosts that caused guest crash
* hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost: Correctly byteswap descriptor fields
* hw/net/allwinner-sun8i-emac: Correctly byteswap descriptor fields
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* tag 'pull-target-arm-20230502-2' of https://git.linaro.org/people/pmaydell/qemu-arm: (34 commits)
hw/net/allwinner-sun8i-emac: Correctly byteswap descriptor fields
hw/sd/allwinner-sdhost: Correctly byteswap descriptor fields
target/arm: Add compile time asserts to load/store_cpu_field macros
target/arm: Define and use new load_cpu_field_low32()
hw/intc/allwinner-a10-pic: Don't use set_bit()/clear_bit()
hw/arm/raspi: Use arm_write_bootloader() to write boot code
hw/arm/aspeed: Use arm_write_bootloader() to write the bootloader
hw/arm/boot: Make write_bootloader() public as arm_write_bootloader()
hw/net/msf2-emac: Don't modify descriptor in-place in emac_store_desc()
docs/about/deprecated.rst: Add "since 7.1" tag to dtb-kaslr-seed deprecation
qmp: Deprecate 'singlestep' member of StatusInfo
qapi/run-state.json: Fix missing newline at end of file
hmp: Add 'one-insn-per-tb' command equivalent to 'singlestep'
accel/tcg: Report one-insn-per-tb in 'info jit', not 'info status'
Document that -singlestep command line option is deprecated
bsd-user: Add '-one-insn-per-tb' option equivalent to '-singlestep'
linux-user: Add '-one-insn-per-tb' option equivalent to '-singlestep'
accel/tcg: Use one_insn_per_tb global instead of old singlestep global
softmmu: Don't use 'singlestep' global in QMP and HMP commands
make one-insn-per-tb an accel option
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Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/about/deprecated.rst | 43 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/user/main.rst | 14 |
2 files changed, 53 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst index 1ca9dc3..4c7f088 100644 --- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst +++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst @@ -111,6 +111,22 @@ Use ``-machine acpi=off`` instead. The HAXM project has been retired (see https://github.com/intel/haxm#status). Use "whpx" (on Windows) or "hvf" (on macOS) instead. +``-singlestep`` (since 8.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``-singlestep`` option has been turned into an accelerator property, +and given a name that better reflects what it actually does. +Use ``-accel tcg,one-insn-per-tb=on`` instead. + +User-mode emulator command line arguments +----------------------------------------- + +``-singlestep`` (since 8.1) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``-singlestep`` option has been given a name that better reflects +what it actually does. For both linux-user and bsd-user, use the +new ``-one-insn-per-tb`` option instead. QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands ------------------------------------ @@ -183,6 +199,29 @@ accepted incorrect commands will return an error. Users should make sure that all arguments passed to ``device_add`` are consistent with the documented property types. +``StatusInfo`` member ``singlestep`` (since 8.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``singlestep`` member of the ``StatusInfo`` returned from the +``query-status`` command is deprecated. This member has a confusing +name and it never did what the documentation claimed or what its name +suggests. We do not believe that anybody is actually using the +information provided in this member. + +The information it reports is whether the TCG JIT is in "one +instruction per translated block" mode (which can be set on the +command line or via the HMP, but not via QMP). The information remains +available via the HMP 'info jit' command. + +Human Monitor Protocol (HMP) commands +------------------------------------- + +``singlestep`` (since 8.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''' + +The ``singlestep`` command has been replaced by the ``one-insn-per-tb`` +command, which has the same behaviour but a less misleading name. + Host Architectures ------------------ @@ -219,8 +258,8 @@ Use the more generic event ``DEVICE_UNPLUG_GUEST_ERROR`` instead. System emulator machines ------------------------ -Arm ``virt`` machine ``dtb-kaslr-seed`` property -'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' +Arm ``virt`` machine ``dtb-kaslr-seed`` property (since 7.1) +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' The ``dtb-kaslr-seed`` property on the ``virt`` board has been deprecated; use the new name ``dtb-randomness`` instead. The new name diff --git a/docs/user/main.rst b/docs/user/main.rst index 6f2ffa0..f478635 100644 --- a/docs/user/main.rst +++ b/docs/user/main.rst @@ -93,8 +93,13 @@ Debug options: ``-g port`` Wait gdb connection to port +``-one-insn-per-tb`` + Run the emulation with one guest instruction per translation block. + This slows down emulation a lot, but can be useful in some situations, + such as when trying to analyse the logs produced by the ``-d`` option. + ``-singlestep`` - Run the emulation in single step mode. + This is a deprecated synonym for the ``-one-insn-per-tb`` option. Environment variables: @@ -242,5 +247,10 @@ Debug options: ``-p pagesize`` Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes +``-one-insn-per-tb`` + Run the emulation with one guest instruction per translation block. + This slows down emulation a lot, but can be useful in some situations, + such as when trying to analyse the logs produced by the ``-d`` option. + ``-singlestep`` - Run the emulation in single step mode. + This is a deprecated synonym for the ``-one-insn-per-tb`` option. |