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| author | Idan Horowitz <idan.horowitz@gmail.com> | 2021-04-18 16:06:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org> | 2021-04-18 22:06:42 +0200 |
| commit | aaf3d26dae90318e4d530ccc164574914223feeb (patch) | |
| tree | 6c6151687dbd6a54b4dff12d584ff48ff450334c /Documentation | |
| parent | 7dc95721ee0087846d818fdc46b380ed888c1d0e (diff) | |
| download | serenity-aaf3d26dae90318e4d530ccc164574914223feeb.zip | |
Kernel: Add kernel command line flag to disable VirtIO support
This command line flag can be used to disable VirtIO support on
certain configurations (native windows) where interfacing with
virtio devices can cause qemu to freeze.
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/NotesOnWSL.md | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/NotesOnWSL.md b/Documentation/NotesOnWSL.md index bcba478df4..3703633590 100644 --- a/Documentation/NotesOnWSL.md +++ b/Documentation/NotesOnWSL.md @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ By default this will be located at `/mnt/c/Program Files/qemu/qemu-system-i386.e - Locate the _Windows_ path to the SerenityOS disk image, as native QEMU will be accessing it via the Windows filesystem. If your build tree is located in the WSL2 partition, this will be accessible under the `\\wsl$` network file share (see [notes below](#note-on-filesystems)). +- Set the `SERENITY_KERNEL_CMDLINE` environment variable to disable VirtIO support (Because it is currently broken on native windows QEMU): +`export SERENITY_KERNEL_CMDLINE="disable_virtio"` + - Set the `SERENITY_DISK_IMAGE` environment variable to the full path of the SerenityOS disk image file from above. For example: \ `export SERENITY_DISK_IMAGE='\\wsl$\Ubuntu-20.04\home\username\serenity\Build\i686\_disk_image'` |