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authorRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2012-05-12 13:14:42 +0100
committerRichard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>2012-05-12 16:59:47 +0100
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configure: Add a comment about vmchannel_test.
-rw-r--r--configure.ac7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8c18edd8..89d381f4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ test "x$QEMU" = "xno" && AC_MSG_ERROR([qemu must be installed])
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([QEMU],["$QEMU"],[Location of qemu binary.])
dnl Check that the chosen qemu has virtio-serial support.
+dnl For historical reasons this can be disabled by setting vmchannel_test=no.
if test "x$vmchannel_test" != "xno"; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([that $QEMU -help works])
if $QEMU -help >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&1; then
@@ -613,8 +614,10 @@ and/or KVM. Please read the relevant section in the README file for
more information about this.
You can override this test by setting the environment variable
-vmchannel_test=no However if you don't have the right support
-in your qemu, then this just delays the pain.
+vmchannel_test=no
+
+However if you don't have the right support in your qemu, then this
+just delays the pain.
If I am using the wrong qemu or you want to compile qemu from source
and install it in another location, then you should configure with