Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] vl.c: Support multiple CPU ranges on -numa option

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 20/06/2013 11:30, Igor Mammedov ha scritto:
>>>> > > > So, basically the format seemed easier to work with if we are 
>>>> > > > thinking 
>>>> > > > of using QemuOpts for -numa. Using -cpu rather than cpus probably
>>>> > > > makes it less ambiguous as well IMO. However, it's probably not a 
>>>> > > > good idea
>>>> > > > if the current syntax is well established ?
>> > 
>> > libvirt uses the "cpus" option already, so we have to keep it working.
> Sure, we can leave it as it's now for some time while a new interface is
> introduced/adopted. And than later deprecate "cpus".

So, you used a new name because the new behavior of "-numa
node,cpus=1-2,cpus=3-4" would be incompatible with the old.

Personally I don't think that's a problem, but I remember a long
discussion in the past.  Igor/Eduardo, do you remember the conclusions?

Paolo