Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix default CPU model for ARM64

[Cole Robinson]

On 05/08/2015 03:14 AM, Pavel Fedin wrote:
>  Hello!
> 
>> FWIW virt-manager 1.2.0 (just released) will do the following when creating a
>> new VM:
>>
>> - aarch64 + kvm : -cpu host
>> - aarch64 + tcg : -cpu cortex-a57
>> - arm32 + kvm : -cpu host
>> - arm32 + tcg : defer to qemu
>>
>> Though if you explicitly request 'hypervisor default' then we won't specify
>> any -cpu and defer to qemu, which will hit the cortex-a15 default for aarch64
> 
>  virt-manager is not the only tool to create VMs...
>  But, okay. Seems you just don't want to change this. Well... I still don't 
> agree and this
> default looks strange for me, but it's just me. I'm out of further arguments.
> 

I wasn't implying any opinion about your proposed patch, just clarifying the
details about how latest virt-manager performs since you mentioned it
upthread. FWIW I agree with the idea of your patch

- Cole