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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 3/4] Introduce machine state
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:14:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D9194E2.80405@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim48ir6-PYdLCGBA68mS9_3M+Vi4Syv60EhqSU=@mail.gmail.com>

On 03/28/2011 07:21 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
>> >
>> >  What's the distinction between vm state and machine state?
>
> VM state should be invisible (except for PV devices).

Got it.  That's why I called it "emulator state" (a bit generic, but 
more precise than vm state: vm_clock for example is guest-visible).

> About 'machine', I was thinking about -M switch to specify
> the emulated machine type.

Yes, makes sense.  I actually like the name machine state, as long as 
you rename what you called "virtual machine state".

Paolo

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-29  8:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-26 22:28 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/4] Introduce machine state Blue Swirl
2011-03-28  7:25 ` [Qemu-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2011-03-28 17:21   ` Blue Swirl
2011-03-29  8:14     ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2011-03-29 17:50       ` Blue Swirl

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