Re: [Qemu-devel] KVM call minutes for Oct 19

Alexander Graf
2010-10-20T08:21:17Z

On 19.10.2010, at 17:14, Chris Wright wrote:

> 0.13.X -stable
> - Anthony will send note to qemu-devel on this
> - move 0.13.X -stable to a separate tree
> - driven independently of main qemu tree
> - challenge is always in the porting and testing of backported fixes
> - looking for volunteers
>
> 0.14
> - would like to do this before end of the year
> - 0.13 forked off a while back (~July),
> - 0.14 features
> - QMP stabilized
> - 0.13.0 -> 0.14 QMP
> - hard attempt not to break compatibility
> - new commands, rework, async, human monitor passthrough
> - goal getting to libvirt not needing human monitor at all
> - QMP KVM autotest test suite submitted
> - in-kernel apic, tpr patching still outstanding
> - QED coroutine concurrency

Would it be realistic to declare deprecating the qemu-kvm fork for 0.14 as goal?

> Live snapshots
> - merge snapshot?
> - already supported, question about mgmt of snapshot chain
> - integrate with fsfreeze (and windows alternative)
>
> Guest Agent
> - have one coming RSN (poke Anthony for details)

Would there be a chance to have a single agent for everyone, so that we actually form a Qemu agent instead of a dozen individual ones? I'm mainly thinking Spice here.

Alex