Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 4/4] qemu-options: Do not show -enable-kvm and -enable-hax in the docs anymore

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 10:39:29AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 26/06/2018 18:06, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> >> On the other hand I see no benefit in changing a default that people are
> >> obviously not using (since most people use KVM, not TCG).  Distros will
> >> keep shipping, and people will keep using qemu-kvm even if we change the
> >> default.
> >
> > Not changing the default is different from promising we will keep
> > ABI compatibility if the accelerator is omitted.  I just want to
> > get rid of the latter.
> 
> I understand; what I don't understand is why do the latter unless you
> plan to change the default.

Why should we make a compatibility promise if we don't have to?
Making and keeping promises have a cost, and I'd like us to spend
our energy elsewhere.

-- 
Eduardo