From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52955 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OGzBW-00015u-BW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 14:49:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGzBS-0004vo-Q8 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 14:49:00 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f198.google.com ([209.85.221.198]:55791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGzBS-0004vM-NN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 25 May 2010 14:48:58 -0400 Received: by qyk36 with SMTP id 36so7354528qyk.19 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 11:48:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BFC1B92.6040909@codemonkey.ws> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 13:48:50 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add cache=volatile parameter to -drive References: <1274091292-4812-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> <4BF14CE9.5040907@suse.de> <4BF15DC8.8080104@codemonkey.ws> <201005171723.15675.paul@codesourcery.com> <4BF16E22.6090400@codemonkey.ws> <4BFC0FF6.1080005@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <4BFC0FF6.1080005@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Alexander Graf Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, hch@lst.de, Paul Brook , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 05/25/2010 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> I see it as the equivalent to the Taint bit in Linux. I want to make >> it clear to users up front that if you use this option, and you have >> data loss issues, don't complain. >> >> Just putting something in qemu-doc.texi is not enough IMHO. Few >> people actually read it. >> > So what exactly is the conclusion here? I really want to see this > getting merged. > Make it more scary and try again. Regards, Anthony Liguori > > Alex > >