From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MO41z-0001uA-U2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:19:55 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MO41u-0001tx-DU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:19:54 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48182 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MO41u-0001tu-7d for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:19:50 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:36713) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MO41t-00009H-R7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:19:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:19:07 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/4] Machine config files Message-ID: <20090707061907.GA3614@redhat.com> References: <4A327E2C.1060207@siemens.com> <20090706124928.GB11998@redhat.com> <4A51FF7B.4000602@redhat.com> <20090706135616.GA12141@redhat.com> <20090706140129.GB12141@redhat.com> <4A520CC6.7060802@redhat.com> <4A52226C.8060606@redhat.com> <4A5225D6.8030102@redhat.com> <4A52284C.9080604@redhat.com> <4A523444.30002@codemonkey.ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A523444.30002@codemonkey.ws> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Jan Kiszka , Avi Kivity , Markus Armbruster , Gerd Hoffmann On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 12:28:36PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Most importantly, machine config should not be sent until non-live > migration kicks in. At this point, the device tree is stable because > the guest isn't running. The device tree should be the first section > saved for non-live migration. Why is that? guest by definition can't change the machine config. -- MST