[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/4] Introduce machine state

[Blue Swirl]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/28/2011 07:21 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >  What's the distinction between vm state and machine state?
>>
>> VM state should be invisible (except for PV devices).
>
> Got it.  That's why I called it "emulator state" (a bit generic, but more
> precise than vm state: vm_clock for example is guest-visible).
>
>> About 'machine', I was thinking about -M switch to specify
>> the emulated machine type.
>
> Yes, makes sense.  I actually like the name machine state, as long as you
> rename what you called "virtual machine state".

OK, I'll change 'vm' to 'emulator'. Thanks for the review.