Re: KVM usability

Anthony Liguori
2010-03-09T14:49:39Z

On 03/09/2010 07:32 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 03/02/2010 04:36 AM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>> I keep a patch in the SUSE version for quite some time now that
>>> bumps the default to 384 for qemu-kvm. That was the first "round"
>>> number where an openSUSE installation worked.
>>
>> If someone works up a patch and tests at least a couple types of
>> guests to confirm that they all install with that number, I'd be
>> happy to apply it (although we need some trickery to support older pc
>> versions).
>
> We should avoid changing defaults.

I disagree. IMHO, the defaults should represent our best suggestion for
any given release. The compatibility machines make it very easier for a
user to fix on a particular version of a machine type.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori