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Diffstat (limited to 'qemu-options.hx')
| -rw-r--r-- | qemu-options.hx | 30 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index a81ca006db..e22fb94d99 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -2370,7 +2370,9 @@ DEF("smbios", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smbios, " specify SMBIOS type 11 fields\n" "-smbios type=17[,loc_pfx=str][,bank=str][,manufacturer=str][,serial=str]\n" " [,asset=str][,part=str][,speed=%d]\n" - " specify SMBIOS type 17 fields\n", + " specify SMBIOS type 17 fields\n" + "-smbios type=41[,designation=str][,kind=str][,instance=%d][,pcidev=str]\n" + " specify SMBIOS type 41 fields\n", QEMU_ARCH_I386 | QEMU_ARCH_ARM) SRST ``-smbios file=binary`` @@ -2432,6 +2434,32 @@ SRST ``-smbios type=17[,loc_pfx=str][,bank=str][,manufacturer=str][,serial=str][,asset=str][,part=str][,speed=%d]`` Specify SMBIOS type 17 fields + +``-smbios type=41[,designation=str][,kind=str][,instance=%d][,pcidev=str]`` + Specify SMBIOS type 41 fields + + This argument can be repeated multiple times. Its main use is to allow network interfaces be created + as ``enoX`` on Linux, with X being the instance number, instead of the name depending on the interface + position on the PCI bus. + + Here is an example of use: + + .. parsed-literal:: + + -netdev user,id=internet \\ + -device virtio-net-pci,mac=50:54:00:00:00:42,netdev=internet,id=internet-dev \\ + -smbios type=41,designation='Onboard LAN',instance=1,kind=ethernet,pcidev=internet-dev + + In the guest OS, the device should then appear as ``eno1``: + + ..parsed-literal:: + + $ ip -brief l + lo UNKNOWN 00:00:00:00:00:00 <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> + eno1 UP 50:54:00:00:00:42 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> + + Currently, the PCI device has to be attached to the root bus. + ERST DEFHEADING() |