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[3/3] doc: mention that -no-spurious-interrupt-hack doesn't work with KVM

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Matthew Ogilvie Aug. 24, 2012, 9:13 a.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_qemu@miniinfo.net>
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 07:40:36AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Has to mention or even actively warn that it doesn't work with KVM and
> its in-kernel irqchip (as that PIC model lacks your hack).

 qemu-options.hx | 3 ++-
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index b28e853..d6bfc34 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1198,7 +1198,8 @@  STEXI
 Use it as a workaround for operating systems that drive PICs in a way that
 can generate spurious interrupts, but the OS doesn't handle spurious
 interrupts gracefully.  (e.g. late 80s/early 90s versions of ATT UNIX
-and derivatives)
+and derivatives)  Warning: This does not work with KVM's in-kernel
+PIC model.
 ETEXI
 
 HXCOMM Deprecated by -rtc