Loading docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi +37 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -785,6 +785,43 @@ warning: ssh server @code{ssh.example.com:22} does not support fsync With sufficiently new versions of libssh2 and OpenSSH, @code{fsync} is supported. @node disk_images_nvme @subsection NVMe disk images NVM Express (NVMe) storage controllers can be accessed directly by a userspace driver in QEMU. This bypasses the host kernel file system and block layers while retaining QEMU block layer functionalities, such as block jobs, I/O throttling, image formats, etc. Disk I/O performance is typically higher than with @code{-drive file=/dev/sda} using either thread pool or linux-aio. The controller will be exclusively used by the QEMU process once started. To be able to share storage between multiple VMs and other applications on the host, please use the file based protocols. Before starting QEMU, bind the host NVMe controller to the host vfio-pci driver. For example: @example # modprobe vfio-pci # lspci -n -s 0000:06:0d.0 06:0d.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 08) # echo 0000:06:0d.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/driver/unbind # echo 1102 0002 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id # qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=nvme://@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func}/@var{namespace} @end example Alternative syntax using properties: @example qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file.driver=nvme,file.device=@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func},file.namespace=@var{namespace} @end example @var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func} is the NVMe controller's PCI device address on the host. @var{namespace} is the NVMe namespace number, starting from 1. @node disk_image_locking @subsection Disk image file locking Loading qemu-doc.texi +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ encrypted disk images. * disk_images_iscsi:: iSCSI LUNs * disk_images_gluster:: GlusterFS disk images * disk_images_ssh:: Secure Shell (ssh) disk images * disk_images_nvme:: NVMe userspace driver * disk_image_locking:: Disk image file locking @end menu Loading Loading
docs/qemu-block-drivers.texi +37 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -785,6 +785,43 @@ warning: ssh server @code{ssh.example.com:22} does not support fsync With sufficiently new versions of libssh2 and OpenSSH, @code{fsync} is supported. @node disk_images_nvme @subsection NVMe disk images NVM Express (NVMe) storage controllers can be accessed directly by a userspace driver in QEMU. This bypasses the host kernel file system and block layers while retaining QEMU block layer functionalities, such as block jobs, I/O throttling, image formats, etc. Disk I/O performance is typically higher than with @code{-drive file=/dev/sda} using either thread pool or linux-aio. The controller will be exclusively used by the QEMU process once started. To be able to share storage between multiple VMs and other applications on the host, please use the file based protocols. Before starting QEMU, bind the host NVMe controller to the host vfio-pci driver. For example: @example # modprobe vfio-pci # lspci -n -s 0000:06:0d.0 06:0d.0 0401: 1102:0002 (rev 08) # echo 0000:06:0d.0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:06:0d.0/driver/unbind # echo 1102 0002 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci/new_id # qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=nvme://@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func}/@var{namespace} @end example Alternative syntax using properties: @example qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file.driver=nvme,file.device=@var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func},file.namespace=@var{namespace} @end example @var{host}:@var{bus}:@var{slot}.@var{func} is the NVMe controller's PCI device address on the host. @var{namespace} is the NVMe namespace number, starting from 1. @node disk_image_locking @subsection Disk image file locking Loading
qemu-doc.texi +1 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ encrypted disk images. * disk_images_iscsi:: iSCSI LUNs * disk_images_gluster:: GlusterFS disk images * disk_images_ssh:: Secure Shell (ssh) disk images * disk_images_nvme:: NVMe userspace driver * disk_image_locking:: Disk image file locking @end menu Loading