From cd19491ac19209d2554d593ea4f3bd9f6e3ed6b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Hajnoczi Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:15:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] qemu-options: document memory-backend-ram The documentation should mention -object memory-backend-ram. Suggested-by: Yumei Huang Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Message-Id: <20171128161529.3025-3-stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Eduardo Habkost Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- qemu-options.hx | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index fe8c04f644..5b0ee43b18 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -4025,6 +4025,13 @@ restrict memory allocation to the given host node list interleave memory allocations across the given host node list @end table +@item -object memory-backend-ram,id=@var{id},merge=@var{on|off},dump=@var{on|off},prealloc=@var{on|off},size=@var{size},host-nodes=@var{host-nodes},policy=@var{default|preferred|bind|interleave} + +Creates a memory backend object, which can be used to back the guest RAM. +Memory backend objects offer more control than the @option{-m} option that is +traditionally used to define guest RAM. Please refer to +@option{memory-backend-file} for a description of the options. + @item -object rng-random,id=@var{id},filename=@var{/dev/random} Creates a random number generator backend which obtains entropy from