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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatib
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Gleb Natapov |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility |
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Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:11:04 +0200 |
On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 12:06:57PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2012-10-03 11:55, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 03:26:05PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> >> On 2012-10-01 15:19, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> >>> Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2012-10-01 11:31, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not just about default configs. We need to validate if the
> >>>> migration formats are truly compatible (qemu-kvm -> QEMU, the other way
> >>>> around definitely not). For the command line switches, we could provide
> >>>> a wrapper script that translates them into upstream format or simply
> >>>> ignores them. That should be harmless to carry upstream.
> >>>
> >>> qemu-kvm has:
> >>>
> >>> -no-kvm
> >>> -no-kvm-irqchip
> >>> -no-kvm-pit
> >>> -no-kvm-pit-reinjection
> >>> -tdf <- does nothing
> >>>
> >>> There are replacements for all of the above. If we need to add them to
> >>> qemu.git, it's not big deal to add them.
> >>
> >> But I don't think we should add them to the source code. This can
> >> perfectly be handled my a (disposable) script layer on top of
> >> qemu-system-x86_64 - the namespace (qemu-kvm in most cases) is also free.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> -drive ...,boot= <- this is ignored
> >>>
> >>> cpu_set command for CPU hotplug which is known broken in qemu-kvm.
> >>
> >> Right, so nothing is lost when migrating to QEMU.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> testdev which is nice but only used for development
> >>>
> > Jan, do you have a plan for testdev device? It would be a pity to have
> > qemu-kvm just for that.
>
> Nope, not on my schedule.
>
Understood :)
--
Gleb.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Anthony Liguori, 2012/10/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Jan Kiszka, 2012/10/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Gleb Natapov, 2012/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues, 2012/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Paolo Bonzini, 2012/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Gleb Natapov, 2012/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Jan Kiszka, 2012/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues, 2012/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Jan Kiszka, 2012/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues, 2012/10/04
- Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Jan Kiszka, 2012/10/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility, Marcelo Tosatti, 2012/10/01