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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs
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Paul Brook |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts |
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:35 +0000 |
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> But it's easy to support migration to old qemu just
> by discarding the INTx state, and this is not
> at all harder, or worse, than migrating from old qemu
> to new one.
Do we really care about migrating to older versions?
Migrating to a new version (backward compatibility) I see the use, it allows
people to do upgrades with minimal downtime. I have my reservations about how
feasible this is long-term, but within a release series it's not too bad.
However is migrating to an old version (forward compatibility) really a
worthwhile thing to support? It sounds like the sort of thing that we're never
really going to test properly, so will probably fail a good proportion of the
time anyway. Reading in old state files is a whole lot easier (to write
maintain, and stay sane) than producing state that is bug-compatible with
previous versions.
This feels something where the best answer all round is "Don't do that".
Paul
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/11/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Eduardo Habkost, 2009/11/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Anthony Liguori, 2009/11/23
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Anthony Liguori, 2009/11/23
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Anthony Liguori, 2009/11/24
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
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- [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/25
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
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- [Qemu-devel] Re: Re: Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Paul Brook, 2009/11/24
- [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Blue Swirl, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Paolo Bonzini, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Anthony Liguori, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Blue Swirl, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Anthony Liguori, 2009/11/24
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Live migration protocol, device features, ABIs and other beasts, Paolo Bonzini, 2009/11/24