Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

Avi Kivity
2011-11-06T10:07:46Z

On 11/06/2011 12:04 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> wrote:
> > On LinuxCon I had a nice chat with Linus on what he thinks kvm-tool
> > would be doing and what he expects from it. Basically he wants a
> > small and simple tool he and other developers can run to try out and
> > see if the kernel they just built actually works.
> >
> > Fortunately, QEMU can do that today already! The only piece that was
> > missing was the "simple" piece of the equation, so here is a script
> > that wraps around QEMU and executes a kernel you just built.
>
> I'm happy to see some real competition for the KVM tool in usability. ;-)
>
> That said, while the script looks really useful for developers,
> wouldn't it make more sense to put it in QEMU to make sure it's kept
> up-to-date and distributions can pick it up too? (And yes, I realize
> the irony here.)

Why would distributions want it? It's only useful for kernel developers.

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