From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57118 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGzNw-0000AO-8M for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:01:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGzNu-0007Dl-GS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:01:52 -0400 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:40808 helo=mx1.suse.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGzNu-0007D7-32 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:01:50 -0400 Message-ID: <4BFC1E99.8010002@suse.de> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 21:01:45 +0200 From: Alexander Graf MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add cache=volatile parameter to -drive References: <1274091292-4812-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> <4BF14CE9.5040907@suse.de> <4BF15DC8.8080104@codemonkey.ws> <201005171723.15675.paul@codesourcery.com> <4BF16E22.6090400@codemonkey.ws> <4BFC0FF6.1080005@suse.de> <4BFC1B92.6040909@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4BFC1B92.6040909@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, hch@lst.de, Paul Brook , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Anthony Liguori wrote: > On 05/25/2010 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >>> I see it as the equivalent to the Taint bit in Linux. I want to make >>> it clear to users up front that if you use this option, and you have >>> data loss issues, don't complain. >>> >>> Just putting something in qemu-doc.texi is not enough IMHO. Few >>> people actually read it. >>> >> So what exactly is the conclusion here? I really want to see this >> getting merged. >> > > Make it more scary and try again. I don't see how to make it more scary while still considering users sane human beings. You don't print out a big fat warning on -drive if=scsi either, right? Alex