Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] qtest: enable qtest for most targets

[Max Filippov]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Peter Maydell
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17 April 2012 21:19, Blue Swirl <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 21:58, Max Filippov <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> What is the use case of the default board?
>>
>> If an architecture has multiple boards, the default board can be used
>> without using -M option.
>
> Unless the Xtensa architecture has a particular board which
> is and will *always* be a primary choice for anybody using it
> (as "pc" is for x86) I'd recommend against setting a default
> board for it, because once you set one you can never change
> it without breaking command-line compatibility for users.

Ok, I got it. I'd say there's no such board. 'sim' could be the default board,
but it's useless without semihosting, and enabling semihosting by default
looks like a security issue.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max