Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/1] integrate qemu-test into kvm-userspace

[Ryan Harper <ryanh@us.ibm.com>]

* Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com> [2008-07-25 12:13]:
> > Ultimately, I'd like to push this into qemu since nothing we're doing
> > here is arch or kvm specific.
> 
> What advantage does inclusion with qemu give? 

We're working toward getting kvm merged with qemu so at some point there
won't be a separate kvm userspace tree with qemu.  That aside, I know
Anthony was interested in having this available to test out incoming
patches against different qemu build targets, kvm and x86 are just one
of those.

> AFAICS You're going to have to download gigabytes of images anyway, so 
> wouldn't it make more sense to include the test script with those?

We're punting on the images; developers already have images they use or
can easily create[1] such an images.  We should be writing tests that are
general enough to work with differing images in any case.

1. http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/KVMTest

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