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docs: Clarify s390x support and add details for hvf mode on macOS

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Signed-off-by: Rolf Neugebauer <rolf.neugebauer@gmail.com>
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@ -4,19 +4,26 @@ The `qemu` backend is the most versatile `run` backend for
`linuxkit`. It can boot both `x86_64` and `arm64` images, runs on
macOS and Linux (and possibly Windows), and can boot most types of
output formats. On Linux, `kvm` acceleration is enabled by default if
available.
available. On macOS, `hvf` acceleration (using the Hypervisor
framework) is used if your `qemu` version supports it (versions
released after Jan/Feb 2018 should support it). `s390x` is currently
only supported in `kvm` mode as the emulated `s390x` architecture (aka
`tcg` mode) does not seem to support several required platform
features. Further, on `s390x` platforms you need to set
`vm.allocate_pgste=1` via `sysctl` (or use `echo 1 >
/proc/sys/vm/allocate_pgste`).
## Boot
By default `linuxkit run qemu` will boot with the host architecture
(`x86_64` on `x86_64` machines and `aarch64` on `arm64` systems). The
architecture can be specified with `-arch` and currently accepts
`x86_64` and `aarch64` as arguments.
(e.g., `aarch64` on `arm64` systems). The architecture can be
specified with `-arch` and currently accepts `x86_64`, `aarch64`, and
`s390x` as arguments.
`linuxkit run qemu` can boot in different types of images:
- `kernel+initrd`: This is the default mode of `linuxkit run qemu` [`x86_64`, `arm64`]
- `kernel+initrd`: This is the default mode of `linuxkit run qemu` [`x86_64`, `arm64`, `s390x`]
- `iso-bios`: `linuxkit run qemu -iso <path to iso>` [`x86_64`]
- `iso-efi`: `linuxkit run qemu -iso -uefi <path to iso>`. This looks in `/usr/share/ovmf/bios.bin` for the EFI firmware by default. Can be overwritten with `-fw`. [`x86_64`, `arm64`]
- `qcow-bios`: `linuxkit run qemu disk.qcow2` [`x86_64`]