kvm: Activate in-kernel irqchip support

Make the basic in-kernel irqchip support selectable via
-machine ...,kernel_irqchip=on. Leave it off by default until it can
fully replace user space models.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index ecc88e8d40f4484514ad69c5b4fd8f1eb9ef57d9..b030205e235c1770d40c85a0de7f3846ebb7ff37 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -531,6 +531,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
             .name = "accel",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
             .help = "accelerator list",
+        }, {
+            .name = "kernel_irqchip",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+            .help = "use KVM in-kernel irqchip",
         },
         { /* End of list */ }
     },

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 6295cde3517d25d1c645b677083c58c07f12a8e3..3a07ae82315217e9250bb15d03cb3504a6e6d079 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ DEF("machine", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_machine, \
     "-machine [type=]name[,prop[=value][,...]]\n"
     "                selects emulated machine (-machine ? for list)\n"
     "                property accel=accel1[:accel2[:...]] selects accelerator\n"
-    "                supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n",
+    "                supported accelerators are kvm, xen, tcg (default: tcg)\n"
+    "                kernel_irqchip=on|off controls accelerated irqchip support\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
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 @item -machine [type=]@var{name}[,prop=@var{value}[,...]]
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ This is used to enable an accelerator. Depending on the target architecture,
 kvm, xen, 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.
+@item kernel_irqchip=on|off
+Enables in-kernel irqchip support for the chosen accelerator when available.
 @end table
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