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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support
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To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:58:32AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> > Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g.
> > pc-q35-experimental to stress it's not fully supported?
> 
> I don't think this is needed as piix will continue to be the default.

Well q35 is not yet 100% ready.
I'm looking for some way in which we can signal libvirt
and other users when it's ready, while merging
some bits to reduce the maintainance load of maintaining
a q35 fork.

> It will also cause trouble with libvirt when pc-q35-experimental goes
> away some day.
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd

The point was to hide it from libvirt.
libvirt should support pc-q35 not pc-q35-experimental, then
it will not cause trouble.

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