From ff0c3ed1f9ef3abb39601174103cdbdd4fa8109f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lamprecht Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:58:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] qm: add headings and references for machine-version sections Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht --- qm.adoc | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 2f48969..55a4728 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ xref:qm_bios_and_uefi[SeaBIOS and OVMF]. In most cases you want to switch from the default SeaBIOS to OVMF only if you plan to use xref:qm_pci_passthrough[PCIe passthrough]. +[[qm_machine_type]] + Machine Type ^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/31918/intel-82q35-graphics- chipset, which also provides a virtual PCIe bus, and thus may be desired if you want to pass through PCIe hardware. +Machine Version ++++++++++++++++ + Each machine type is versioned in QEMU and a given QEMU binary supports many machine versions. New versions might bring support for new features, fixes or general improvements. However, they also change properties of the virtual @@ -167,6 +172,11 @@ This means that after a fresh start, the newest machine version supported by the QEMU binary is used (e.g. the newest machine version QEMU 8.1 supports is version 8.1 for each machine type). +[[qm_machine_update]] + +Update to a Newer Machine Version ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Very old machine versions might become deprecated in QEMU. For example, this is the case for versions 1.4 to 1.7 for the i440fx machine type. It is expected that support for these machine versions will be dropped at some point. If you