Re: KVM usability

Avi Kivity
2010-03-09T14:54:35Z

On 03/09/2010 04:49 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> 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.
>

Agreed, should have said, avoid changing defaults without taking care of
backwards compatibility.

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