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Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:59:05 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 6/6] Initialize in-kernel irqchip
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>, aliguori@us.ibm.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> I agree that in-kernel chips should be default if possible, but I would
> keep the possibility to disable them like in qemu-kvm. This helps
> specifically to track down issues in their implementations or their
> potential side effects.

As one of the side effects is to prevent migration to non-KVM hosts
(according to an earlier answer), I'd say the option to disable it is
essential.

Won't that option come for free when we have machine configuration
files - by simply specifying one irqchip or the other?

-- Jamie