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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:40:56 +0100
From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/13] xen: groundwork for
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To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 04:31:49PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > I'll try to enumerate the scenarios here...
> > 
> >  On KVM, using Xenner + shell        : No special args
> >  On KVM, using Xenner + libvirtd     : -xen-create <domid> 
> 
> This is "xen emulation" and (according to long term plan plan) doesn't
> require kvm but should work with qemu emulating things too.  This means
> it doesn't depend on kvm, you can do that with xen underneath too.  This
> is what the -xen-emulate switch is good for.

Wouldn't the non-KVM case already be dealt with by the -no-kvm command 
line arg to QEMU ? 

> >  On Xen HV + shell     : No special args
> >  On Xen HV + libvirtd  : -xen-create <domid>
> >  On Xen HV + XenD      : -xen-attach <domid>
> 
> I like the "create" and "attach" namings as they make pretty clear what
> qemu should do.


Regards,
Daniel
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