Re: qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2012-10-01 15:44, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 01.10.2012 17:36, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2012-10-01 15:31, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
>>>> Default nic is rtl8139 vs. e1000.
>>>
>>> Config file (as suggested earlier on this thread).
>>
>> If you need to append -config bla, you can also specify the desired NIC
>> explicitly - I see no value in the former. If we decide to mangle a
>> qemu-kvm command line before calling QEMU binaries, we can adjust this
>> variation there. Otherwise it's the same as with all those -kvm*:
>> Scripts/management tools will need adjustment.
> 
> I don't think there's a need to "manage" this rtl8139 at
> all at this level. Let's declare that "qemu-kvm 1.3+" will
> switch from rtl8139 to e1000 by default as a more suitable
> in modern world, -- the same way as qemu did the switch
> earlier, and be done with that.  I think.
> 
> Note that this is JUST for "-net nic" users, which should
> be the minority (proper usage is -device rtl8139 or -device
> e1000, with explicit model).

Well, the alternative to config files or wrapper scripts is just a
detailed checklist "how to migrate from qemu-kvm to QEMU".

Jan

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