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| -rw-r--r-- | python/qemu/accel.py | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/qemu/accel.py b/python/qemu/accel.py index cbeac10dd1..7395cee793 100644 --- a/python/qemu/accel.py +++ b/python/qemu/accel.py @@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ accelerators. # the COPYING file in the top-level directory. # +import logging import os +import subprocess + +LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__) # Mapping host architecture to any additional architectures it can # support which often includes its 32 bit cousin. @@ -23,6 +27,25 @@ ADDITIONAL_ARCHES = { "aarch64" : "armhf" } +def list_accel(qemu_bin): + """ + List accelerators enabled in the QEMU binary. + + @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary. + @raise Exception: if failed to run `qemu -accel help` + @return a list of accelerator names. + """ + if not qemu_bin: + return [] + try: + out = subprocess.check_output([qemu_bin, '-accel', 'help'], + universal_newlines=True) + except: + LOG.debug("Failed to get the list of accelerators in %s", qemu_bin) + raise + # Skip the first line which is the header. + return [acc.strip() for acc in out.splitlines()[1:]] + def kvm_available(target_arch=None): host_arch = os.uname()[4] if target_arch and target_arch != host_arch: |