From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54930 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PXMl9-0000q5-8v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXMl2-00049k-Js for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59911) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PXMl2-00049T-1U for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:45:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:45:00 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 18/19] Introduce -k option to enable FT migration mode (Kemari). Message-ID: <20101227234500.GA22810@redhat.com> References: <1293438337-21377-1-git-send-email-tamura.yoshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp> <1293438337-21377-19-git-send-email-tamura.yoshiaki@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20101227085617.GA22317@redhat.com> <20101227093237.GA23150@redhat.com> <4D18C8D8.1000909@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Yoshiaki Tamura Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, aliguori@us.ibm.com, dlaor@redhat.com, ananth@in.ibm.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, mtosatti@redhat.com, ohmura.kei@lab.ntt.co.jp, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Avi Kivity , vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com, psuriset@linux.vnet.ibm.com, stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 08:34:12AM +0900, Yoshiaki Tamura wrote: > 2010/12/28 Avi Kivity : > > On 12/27/2010 01:07 PM, Yoshiaki Tamura wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >> =A0> =A0Not sure whether we need to mention the codename here: is= it likely > >> >> to > >> >> =A0> =A0help the users? > >> >> > >> >> =A0Ah:-) =A0Just didn't know what the official name should be, an= d > >> >> =A0placed Kemari for convenience. =A0Any ideas or preference here= ? > >> >> > >> >> =A0Yoshi > >> > > >> > =A0Do we need a name? Fault tolerance mode insufficient? > >> > >> Not really. =A0Let's call it Fault Tolerance mode from now:-) > > > > Then -k becomes meaningless. =A0Rename to -fault-tolerant? >=20 > That's too long. The option of migration is a single character > conventionally. In that sense, -f wasn't a good option because > it usually reminds a file option, and -k was well fit not only > because Kemari but also not well used and almost harmless. >=20 > So, my preference is to keep -k option, but that may be > developer's (my) ego, and I'm happy to here what would be the > best for qemu community. >=20 > Yoshi Hey, that's imporant too :) It's not hard to invent a reason for -k if we need one. E.g. the protocol is specific to the Kemari project, right? So the text could be 'Fault Tolerance mode (using Kemari protocol)' to avoid potential confusion with other fault tolerance solutions if we ever get them, and the option stays -k :) > > > > -- > > error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function > > > > > >