Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add definitions for current cpu models..

[john cooper <john.cooper@redhat.com>]

Jamie Lokier wrote:

> I think we can all agree that there is no point looking for a familiar
> -cpu naming scheme because there aren't any familiar and meaningful names
> these days.

Even if we dismiss the Intel coined names as internal
code names, there is still VMW's use of them in this
space which we can either align with or attempt to
displace.   All considered I don't see any motivation
nor gain in doing the latter.  Anyway it doesn't appear
likely we're going to resolve this to our collective
satisfaction with a hard-wired naming scheme.   
 
> It would be nice if qemu could tell the user which of the built-in
> -cpu choices is the most featureful subset of their own host.  With
> -cpu host implemented, finding that is probably quite easy.

This should be doable although it may not be as simple
as traversing a hierarchy of features and picking one
with the most host flags present.  In any case this
should be fairly detachable from settling the immediate
issue.

-john

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