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+kvm-run(1)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+kvm-run - Start the virtual machine
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'kvm run' [-k <kernel image> | --kernel <kernel image>]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The command starts a virtual machine.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-m::
+--mem=::
+ Virtual machine memory size in MiB.
+
+-p::
+--params::
+ Additional kernel command line arguments.
+
+-r::
+--initrd=::
+ Initial RAM disk image.
+
+-k::
+--kernel=::
+ The virtual machine kernel.
+-d
+--kvm-dev=::
+ KVM device file
+
+-i::
+--image=::
+ A disk image file.
+
+-s::
+--single-step:: Enable single stepping.
+
+-g::
+--ioport-debug:: Enable ioport debugging.
+
+-c::
+--enable-virtio-console:: Enable the virtual IO console
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkkvm:
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+#
+# List of known perf commands.
+# command name category [deprecated] [common]
+#
+kvm-run mainporcelain common
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "/* Automatically generated by $0 */
+struct cmdname_help
+{
+ char name[16];
+ char help[80];
+};
+
+static struct cmdname_help common_cmds[] = {"
+
+sed -n 's/^kvm-\([^ \t]*\).*common/\1/p' command-list.txt |
+sort |
+while read cmd
+do
+ # TODO following sed command should be fixed
+ sed -n '/^NAME/,/^kvm-'"$cmd"'/ {
+ /NAME/d
+ /--/d
+ s/.*kvm-'"$cmd"' - \(.*\)/ {"'"$cmd"'", "\1"},/
+ p
+ }' "Documentation/kvm-$cmd.txt"
+done
+echo "};"
- The Documentation/ directory will have a text file for each commmand. The text file should contain the information about the command in manpage format. - command-list.txt: is a list of common commands used with the kvm tool. - util/generate-cmdlist.sh: is a shell script that uses command-list.txt and text files in Documentation/ directory to generate the common-cmds.h file in the include directory. The header file is furthur used to display a usage messgae. Almost the entire script is copied from the tools/perf. Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi124@gmail.com> --- tools/kvm/Documentation/kvm-run.txt | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/kvm/command-list.txt | 5 +++ tools/kvm/util/generate-cmdlist.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/kvm/Documentation/kvm-run.txt create mode 100644 tools/kvm/command-list.txt create mode 100755 tools/kvm/util/generate-cmdlist.sh