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p2v: Update 'make run-virt-p2v' rule.

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Use KVM, fallback to TCG.

Add more network devices so we can test the layout of that
dialog box.

Move the documentation into guestfs-hacking(1).

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@@ -755,6 +755,27 @@ is Gtk (GUI) code, or supporting code for talking to the remote
conversion server. There is no special support for physical machines
in virt-v2v. They are converted in the same way as foreign VMs.
=head2 Running virt-p2v
You can run the F<p2v/virt-p2v> binary directly, although it's not
really recommended, but it's OK for quick tests of the GUI (but don't
try doing a conversion that way).
A better way is to run virt-p2v inside a VM on the local machine. To
do that, do:
make -C p2v run-virt-p2v
This runs qemu with the "physical machine" disk (which you can set by
setting C<PHYSICAL_MACHINE>), a virtual CD, and a variety of network
cards for testing.
Unfortunately you have to hit C<F12> quickly after the boot and select
the second (USB) drive, since it's not possible to force qemu/seabios
to boot automatically from the USB drive containing virt-p2v.
=head2 Understanding the virt-p2v code
There are two paths through the code, GUI or non-GUI (parsing the
kernel command line):