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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a5cff4cab2..7fa1eca097 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Carlo Zancanaro@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Christopher Allan Webber@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Marius Bakke@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Marius Bakke@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019 Hartmut Goebel@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019 Maxim Cournoyer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@* @@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM: @example qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \ - -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on,order=d \ + -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci -boot menu=on,order=d \ -drive file=guix-system.img \ -drive media=cdrom,file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso @end example @@ -26156,7 +26156,7 @@ below, which enables networking and requests 1@tie{}GiB of RAM for the emulated machine: @example -$ /gnu/store/@dots{}-run-vm.sh -m 1024 -net user +$ /gnu/store/@dots{}-run-vm.sh -m 1024 -smp 2 -net user,model=virtio-net-pci @end example The VM shares its store with the host system. @@ -26642,7 +26642,7 @@ vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: @example $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ - -net user -net nic,model=virtio \ + -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci \ -enable-kvm -m 1024 \ -device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \ -drive if=none,file=/tmp/qemu-image,id=myhd @@ -26655,16 +26655,14 @@ Here is what each of these options means: This specifies the hardware platform to emulate. This should match the host. -@item -net user +@item -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci Enable the unprivileged user-mode network stack. The guest OS can access the host but not vice versa. This is the simplest way to get the -guest OS online. - -@item -net nic,model=virtio -You must create a network interface of a given model. If you do not -create a NIC, the boot will fail. Assuming your hardware platform is +guest OS online. @code{model} specifies which network device to emulate: +@code{virtio-net-pci} is a special device made for virtualized operating +systems and recommended for most uses. Assuming your hardware platform is x86_64, you can get a list of available NIC models by running -@command{qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic,model=help}. +@command{qemu-system-x86_64 -nic model=help}. @item -enable-kvm If your system has hardware virtualization extensions, enabling the @@ -26688,11 +26686,11 @@ the ``myhd'' drive. @end table The default @command{run-vm.sh} script that is returned by an invocation of -@command{guix system vm} does not add a @command{-net user} flag by default. +@command{guix system vm} does not add a @command{-nic user} flag by default. To get network access from within the vm add the @code{(dhcp-client-service)} to your system definition and start the VM using -@command{`guix system vm config.scm` -net user}. An important caveat of using -@command{-net user} for networking is that @command{ping} will not work, because +@command{`guix system vm config.scm` -nic user}. An important caveat of using +@command{-nic user} for networking is that @command{ping} will not work, because it uses the ICMP protocol. You'll have to use a different command to check for network connectivity, for example @command{guix download}. @@ -26706,7 +26704,7 @@ To enable SSH inside a VM you need to add an SSH server like 22 by default, to the host. You can do this with @example -`guix system vm config.scm` -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22 +`guix system vm config.scm` -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22 @end example To connect to the VM you can run |