From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EtufC-0004TB-AV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:29:54 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Etuf4-0004La-8t for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:29:53 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Etuf4-0004LL-1g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:29:46 -0500 Received: from [213.21.137.89] (helo=mail.zipman.it) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EtugL-0004Fx-WC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:31:06 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.zipman.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 218CC1406A for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:27:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.zipman.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zipmanfw [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12855-19 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:27:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.192.20] (unknown [192.168.192.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.zipman.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70AD14068 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2006 23:27:52 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43BAFA68.9060100@zipman.it> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:27:52 +0100 From: Flavio Visentin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu and configuration file? References: <200512312120.43014.bepi@adria.it> <200601032249.41640.bepi@adria.it> <200601032202.56682.paul@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <200601032202.56682.paul@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Brook wrote: > Config file support without a decent GUI seem rather pointless. > The big advantage of doing it as a shell script is it's dead easy to hack to > include whatever custom magical features people want. It would be useful for automatic startup of the VMs by init scripts. OTOH it's very simple to create a config file parser with perl/python/bash who can wrap around qemu options. If I find 1 free hour tomorrow I'll post a POC. - -- Flavio Visentin | \|||/ | @/0.0\@ | \ - / +------------------oOOo---oOOo------------------ There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. GPG Key: http://www.zipman.it/gpgkey.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDuvpousUmHkh1cnoRAgvHAJ0eHmaCxf0q1od+El+v/goRS9XsbwCfYdVm 8M59yryja9pnmrNJff1etLI= =wcb1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----