From 0e960614ab0f7d878347d74229ffbb69a4a05540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 13:14:42 +0100 Subject: configure: Add a comment about vmchannel_test. --- configure.ac | 7 +++++-- 1 file 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 -- cgit