i386: clarify 'hv-passthrough' behavior

Clarify the fact that 'hv-passthrough' only enables features which are
already known to QEMU and that it overrides all other 'hv-*' settings.

Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210608120817.1325125-3-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
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Vitaly Kuznetsov 2021-06-08 14:08:10 +02:00 committed by Eduardo Habkost
parent eca7371335
commit 00c1b316ed

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@ -209,8 +209,11 @@ In some cases (e.g. during development) it may make sense to use QEMU in
'pass-through' mode and give Windows guests all enlightenments currently 'pass-through' mode and give Windows guests all enlightenments currently
supported by KVM. This pass-through mode is enabled by "hv-passthrough" CPU supported by KVM. This pass-through mode is enabled by "hv-passthrough" CPU
flag. flag.
Note: enabling this flag effectively prevents migration as supported features Note: "hv-passthrough" flag only enables enlightenments which are known to QEMU
may differ between target and destination. (have corresponding "hv-*" flag) and copies "hv-spinlocks="/"hv-vendor-id="
values from KVM to QEMU. "hv-passthrough" overrides all other "hv-*" settings on
the command line. Also, enabling this flag effectively prevents migration as the
list of enabled enlightenments may differ between target and destination hosts.
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