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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration
From: |
Amit Shah |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:24:49 +0530 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On (Tue) 08 Feb 2011 [01:44:32], Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 02/08/2011 01:07 AM, Amit Shah wrote:
> >On (Tue) 08 Feb 2011 [08:42:14], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >>I see. I'm unhappy with the facts that
> >>1. if (feature) is spread all over the code instead
> >> of just in migration
> >>2. it is also obfuscated with if (flow_control)
> >> instead of plain if (migrate to qemu< 0.14)
> >> so removing it will be much harder
> >>3. this forces anyone who wants
> >> a VM compatible with qemu 0.13 to also lose data,
> >> even if migration to 0.13 is never attempted.
> >If a machine is started with -M pc-0.13 then we can safely assume the
> >user will want to migrate to another 0.13 machine.
>
> No, a user wants a guest that works. If there was a bug in 0.13 and
> it's fixed in 0.14, then reintroducing the bug in -M pc-0.13 is not
> expected.
For this particular patch and use-case, the bug exists in 0.13 as well
as 0.14. It's just the migration state that has changed, no other
guest- or host- visible changes.
Amit
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Anthony Liguori, 2011/02/07
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/02/07
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Anthony Liguori, 2011/02/07
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/02/07
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Anthony Liguori, 2011/02/07
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/02/08
- [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Amit Shah, 2011/02/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Anthony Liguori, 2011/02/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration,
Amit Shah <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Anthony Liguori, 2011/02/08
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: new->old version migration, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2011/02/08