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To: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org

  On 08/03/2010 10:13 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 09:43:39PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> libguestfs does not depend on an x86 architectural feature.
>> qemu-system-x86_64 emulates a PC, and PCs don't have -kernel.  We
>> should discourage people from depending on this interface for
>> production use.
> I really don't get this whole thing where we must slavishly
> emulate an exact PC ...

An additional point in favour is that we have a method of resolving 
design arguments.  No need to think, we have the spec in front of us.  
The arguments then devolve into interpretation of the spec.

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