Commit 3ad763fcba5bd0ec5a79d4a9b6baeef119dd4a3d from qemu-kvm.git. From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> Upstream is moving towards this mechanism, so start using it in qemu-kvm already to configure the specific defaults: kvm enabled on, just like in-kernel irqchips. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> Index: qemu-compat-kvm/vl.c =================================================================== --- qemu-compat-kvm.orig/vl.c +++ qemu-compat-kvm/vl.c @@ -3061,6 +3061,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **e machine = machine_parse(optarg); } break; + case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip: { + olist = qemu_find_opts("machine"); + qemu_opts_parse(olist, "kernel_irqchip=off", 0); + break; + } + case QEMU_OPTION_usb: usb_enabled = 1; break; Index: qemu-compat-kvm/qemu-options.hx =================================================================== --- qemu-compat-kvm.orig/qemu-options.hx +++ qemu-compat-kvm/qemu-options.hx @@ -2838,6 +2838,10 @@ STEXI Enable FIPS 140-2 compliance mode. ETEXI +DEF("no-kvm-irqchip", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_irqchip, + "-no-kvm-irqchip disable KVM kernel mode PIC/IOAPIC/LAPIC\n", + QEMU_ARCH_I386) + HXCOMM This is the last statement. Insert new options before this line! STEXI @end table -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html