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

Kevin Wolf
2011-11-07T11:57:23Z

Am 07.11.2011 12:38, schrieb Pekka Enberg:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2011, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> Makes it a lot less hackable for me unless you want to restrict the set
>> of potential developers to Linux kernel developers...
>
> We're not restricting potential developers to Linux kernel folks. We're
> making it easy for them because we believe that the KVM tool is a
> userspace component that requires the kind of low-level knowledge Linux
> kernel developers have.
>
> I think you're looking at the KVM tool with your QEMU glasses on without
> realizing that there's no point in comparing the two: we only support
> Linux on Linux and we avoid hardware emulation as much as possible. So
> what makes sense for QEMU, doesn't necessarily translate to the KVM tool
> project.

I'm not comparing anything. I'm not even referring to the virtualization
functionality of it. It could be doing anything else and it wouldn't
make a difference.

For KVM tool I am not much more than a mere user. Trying it out was
tedious for me, as it is for anyone else who isn't a kernel developer.
That's all I'm saying.

Making things easier for some kernel developers but ignoring that at the
same time it makes things harder for users I consider a not so clever
move. Just wanted to point that out; feel free to ignore it, your
priorities are probably different.

Kevin