Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/10] s390x/kvm: Remove message about "switch_amode" kernel parameter

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:26:44 +0200
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> Am 09.04.2015 um 10:51 schrieb Cornelia Huck:
> > From: Thomas Huth <thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > The "switch_amode" parameter has been removed from the Linux kernel
> > sources since version 3.7 - so QEMU should not advise this parameter
> > nowadays anymore.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  kvm-all.c | 5 -----
> >  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
> > index dd44f8c..7c8537b 100644
> > --- a/kvm-all.c
> > +++ b/kvm-all.c
> > @@ -1542,11 +1542,6 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
> >      if (ret < 0) {
> >          fprintf(stderr, "ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM) failed: %d %s\n", -ret,
> >                  strerror(-ret));
> > -
> > -#ifdef TARGET_S390X
> > -        fprintf(stderr, "Please add the 'switch_amode' kernel parameter to "
> > -                        "your host kernel command line\n");
> > -#endif
> >          goto err;
> >      }
> > 
> 
> Can you drop this patch from your upcoming pull request?
> 
> See the discussion on http://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=142978728714865&w=2
> We might want to change the error message instead of getting rid of it.

Can do, although I think what we want in the end is something different
from the current message anyway.