qemu Command Line Options

Contents

A.1. Supported qemu-kvm Command Line Options
A.2. Unsupported qemu-kvm Command Line Options
A.3. Supported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options
A.4. Unsupported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options

Supported qemu-kvm Command Line Options

-alt-grab
-append ...
-audio-help
-balloon ...
-boot ...
-cdrom ...
-chardev ..
-clock
-cpu [?|kvm64 ]
-ctrl-grab
-d ...
-daemonize
-device driver [isa-serial|isa-parallel|isa-fdc|ide-drive|VGA|cirrus-vga|rtl8139|virtio-net-pci|virtio-blk-pci|virtio-balloon-pci] ...
-drive if=[ide|floppy|virtio] format=raw snapshot=off ...
-echr ...
-enable-kvm
-fda/-fdb ...
-full-screen
-gdb ...
-global ...
-h
-hda/-hdb/-hdc/-hdd ...
-help
-incoming ...
-initrd ...
-k ...
-kernel ...
-loadvm ...
-m ...
-mem-path ...
-mem-prealloc
-mon ...
-monitor ...
-M [pc|pc-0.12]
-name ...
-netdev ...
-net [nic|user|tap|none] mode=[rtl8139|virtio]
-no-acpi
-nodefaults
-no-frame
-nographic
-no-hpet
-no-quit
-no-reboot
-no-shutdown
-parallel ...
-pcidevice ...
-pidfile ...
-readconfig ...
-rtc ...
-runas ...
-s
-S
-sdl
-serial ...
-smbios ...
-smp ...
-tdf
-usb
-usbdevice [tablet|mouse]
-uuid ..
-version
-vga [std|cirrus|none]
-vnc ...
-watchdog ...
-watchdog-action ...
-writeconfig ...

Unsupported qemu-kvm Command Line Options

The following qemu-kvm command line options are not supported by Novell:

-acpitable ...
-bios ...
-bt ...
-chroot ...
-cpu [phenom|core2duo|qemu32|qemu64|coreduo|486|pentium|pentium2|pentium3|athlon|n270]
-curses
-device driver (where driver is not in [isa-serial|isa-parallel|isa-fdc|ide-drive|VGA|cirrus-vga|rtl8139|virtio-net-pci|virtio-blk-pci|virtio-balloon-pci])
-drive if=[scsi|mtd|pflash], snapshot=yes, format=[anything apart from raw]
-enable-nesting
-icount ...
-kvm-shadow-memory ...
-L ...
-M [pc-0.11|pc-0.10|isapc|mac]
-mtdblock ...
-net dump ...
-net socket ...
-no-fd-bootchk
-no-kvm
-no-kvm-irqchip
-no-kvm-pit
-no-kvm-pit-reinjection
-numa ...
-nvram ...
-option-rom ...
-osk
-pflash ...
-portrait
-qmp ...
-sd ...
-set ...
-show-cursor
-singlestep
-snapshot
-soundhw ...
-tb-size ...
-usbdevice [disk|host|serial|braille|net]
-vga [vmware|xenfb]
-virtioconsole ...
-win2k-hack

Supported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options

The following qemu-kvmmonitor command line options are supported by Novell:

?
balloon target ...
[c|cont]
change device ...
cpu ...
eject ...
gdbserver ...
help
info ...
logfile ...
logitem ...
mce ...
memsave ...
migrate ...
migrate_set_downtime ...
migrate_set_speed ...
mouse_button ...
mouse_move ...
mouse_set ...
pmemsave ...
[p|print] ...
q
sendkey ...
stop
system_powerdown
watchdog_action ...
x ...
xp ...

Unsupported qemu-kvm monitor Command Line Options

The following qemu-kvmmonitor command line options are not supported by Novell:

acl_add ...
acl_policy ...
acl_remove ...
acl_reset ...
acl_show ...
block_passwd ...
boot_set
close_fd ...
commit ...
cpu_set ...
delvm ...
device_add ...
device_del ...
drive_add ...
hostfwd_add ...
hostfwd_remove ...
host_net_add ...
host_net_remove ...
i ...
loadvm ...
migrate_cancel
nmi ...
o ...
pci_add ...
pci_del...
savevm ...
screendump ...
set_link ...
singlestep ...
stopcapture ...
sum ...
system_reset
usb_add ...
watchdog_action ...
wavcapture ...