From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49171) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TIgLt-0003q2-PC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:48:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TIgLs-00033f-J6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:48:05 -0400 Received: from thoth.sbs.de ([192.35.17.2]:18680) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TIgLs-00033b-96 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:48:04 -0400 Message-ID: <50699F12.6090600@siemens.com> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:48:02 +0200 From: Jan Kiszka MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20120930191146.GA20012@amt.cnet> <50694EC1.8060006@siemens.com> <20121001093102.GA14797@amt.cnet> <50696E9E.7030302@siemens.com> <87zk468h3y.fsf@codemonkey.ws> <20121001133144.GA4466@amt.cnet> <50699C5F.1090804@siemens.com> <50699E2A.1070503@msgid.tls.msk.ru> In-Reply-To: <50699E2A.1070503@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] qemu-kvm: remove "boot=on|off" drive parameter compatibility List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Michael Tokarev Cc: kvm , Scott Moser , Marcelo Tosatti , qemu-devel , Anthony Liguori , Cole Robinson , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_F=E4rber?= On 2012-10-01 15:44, Michael Tokarev wrote: > 01.10.2012 17:36, Jan Kiszka wrote: >> On 2012-10-01 15:31, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >>>> Default nic is rtl8139 vs. e1000. >>> >>> Config file (as suggested earlier on this thread). >> >> If you need to append -config bla, you can also specify the desired NIC >> explicitly - I see no value in the former. If we decide to mangle a >> qemu-kvm command line before calling QEMU binaries, we can adjust this >> variation there. Otherwise it's the same as with all those -kvm*: >> Scripts/management tools will need adjustment. > > I don't think there's a need to "manage" this rtl8139 at > all at this level. Let's declare that "qemu-kvm 1.3+" will > switch from rtl8139 to e1000 by default as a more suitable > in modern world, -- the same way as qemu did the switch > earlier, and be done with that. I think. > > Note that this is JUST for "-net nic" users, which should > be the minority (proper usage is -device rtl8139 or -device > e1000, with explicit model). Well, the alternative to config files or wrapper scripts is just a detailed checklist "how to migrate from qemu-kvm to QEMU". Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SDP-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux