From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] Rework -boot option
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:41:45 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49ECC1E9.8020708@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49ECC01E.80605@web.de>
Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Everything is possible, but comes with a price:
> - more complex code
> - more ugly and inconsistent user interface
>
> Is there no precedence for breaking the command line interface in order
> to clean things up?
>
> An alternative could be to keep -boot as is, at least for the next few
> major releases, and introduce a new option with the proposed format. Not
> much simpler, but a bit. And comes with the chance to drop the legacy at
> some point. Any naming suggestions welcome!
>
I suggest keeping /boot. And slightly change Anthony's proposal to:
- if no '=' is found in the parameter, use the old syntax
- otherwise, use the new syntax
--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-20 18:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-20 17:05 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Rework -boot option Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 18:04 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-20 18:34 ` [Qemu-devel] " Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 18:41 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-04-20 20:01 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2 -v] " Jan Kiszka
2009-04-20 19:13 ` [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/2] " Anthony Liguori
2009-04-20 18:38 ` [Qemu-devel] " Daniel P. Berrange
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