Re: [spp] [PATCH v3 1/3] docs: add how to install qemu 2.7

[Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp>]

On 2018/06/15 16:51, x-fn-spp@sl.ntt-tx.co.jp wrote:
> From: Hiroyuki Nakamura <nakamura.hiroyuki@po.ntt-tx.co.jp>
> 
> This commit adds instruction about how to install qemu 2.7 in case
> user does not have the version of qemu.
> 
Thanks. LGTM!

Acked-by: Yasufumi Ogawa <ogawa.yasufumi@lab.ntt.co.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroyuki Nakamura <nakamura.hiroyuki@po.ntt-tx.co.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Naoki Takada <takada.naoki@lab.ntt.co.jp>
> ---
>   docs/guides/spp_vf/gsg/build.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/guides/spp_vf/gsg/build.rst b/docs/guides/spp_vf/gsg/build.rst
> index 573d6be..465484f 100644
> --- a/docs/guides/spp_vf/gsg/build.rst
> +++ b/docs/guides/spp_vf/gsg/build.rst
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Environment
>   -----------
>   
>   * Ubuntu 16.04
> -* qemu-kvm 2.7 or later
> +* qemu-kvm 2.7 or later(if you use vhost reconnect feature described in 3.2.3)
>   * DPDK v17.11 or later
>   
>   
> @@ -165,7 +165,23 @@ Then, bind it with PCI_Number.
>   
>   virsh setup
>   -----------
> -``virsh`` is a command line interface that can be used to create, destroy, stop start and edit VMs and configure. After create an image file, you can setup it with ``virt-install``.
> +First of all, please check version of qemu-kvm.
> +
> +.. code-block:: console
> +
> +    $ qemu-system-x86_64 --version
> +
> +If your system does not have qemu-kvm or the version of qemu is less than 2.7,
> +then please install qemu following
> +the instruction of https://wiki.qemu.org/index.php/Hosts/Linux
> +to install qemu 2.7.
> +You may need to install libvirt-bin,
> +virtinst, bridge-utils packages via ``apt-get`` install to run ``virt-install``.
> +
> +
> +``virsh`` is a command line interface that can be used to create, destroy,
> +stop start and edit VMs and configure. After create an image file,
> +you can setup it with ``virt-install``.
>   
>   .. code-block:: console
>   
> 


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Yasufumi Ogawa
NTT Network Service Systems Labs