From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49383) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQIbr-00067X-Hk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:04:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQIbl-0006Zx-Lk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:04:03 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:14292) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TQIbl-0006Zg-DF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:03:57 -0400 Message-ID: <50855247.5060502@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:03:51 -0600 From: Eric Blake MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20121021124303.GA5096@redhat.com> <5084E088.9090602@redhat.com> <20121022100821.GB24424@redhat.com> <508521F3.3070008@redhat.com> <20121022131601.GC16851@redhat.com> <50854388.6060801@redhat.com> <20121022142347.GC18658@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20121022142347.GC18658@redhat.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEE54C4071F90A831B902CB34" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: aliguori@us.ibm.com, alex.williamson@redhat.com, jan.kiszka@siemens.com, Jason Baron , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, agraf@suse.de, blauwirbel@gmail.com, yamahata@valinux.co.jp, juzhang@redhat.com, kevin@koconnor.net, Gerd Hoffmann , mkletzan@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, lcapitulino@redhat.com, afaerber@suse.de, armbru@redhat.com, avi@redhat.com This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEE54C4071F90A831B902CB34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/22/2012 08:23 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >> On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> >>> I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the >>> unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed and we rele= ase >>> it in an unready state. >>> >>>> But in any case this needs >>>> discussion with the libvirt folks to make sure it will actually work= as >>>> intended. /me tends to think a experimental bit in machine_info (wh= ich >>>> is then printed by 'qemu -M ?' and the QOM-version of that) is more >>>> useful than playing tricks with the name. >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> Gerd >>> >>> I agree it's best to ask libvirt folks what's the right way to hide >>> a machine type from it. Add a flag so it's not listed in -M ? ? >> >> For qemu 1.3, libvirt will NOT be reading '-M ?', but instead calling >> the 'query-machines' QMP command. If you want a machine to be avoided= >> by libvirt, then perhaps it is best to augment the MachineInfo QMP >> datatype to add an optional field that says whether a particular machi= ne >> type is stable enough for libvirt's use. >=20 > Or just hide this machine type from the query-machines command? That would probably work, as well. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enigEE54C4071F90A831B902CB34 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQhVJHAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqaWkH/1LcbwfCqiPtgdhtwofAjBgB vg/lsgAH6JKvb7rPXFsBEQD13lS6KMXMYU/JaR37FPi4QSTEegZSVb5D6tpZqMlx ahPv74HV12h6XO7inIZmLL9EDc4Q650/vxASLwCzQTWw+WyjqrKl4wc3kEjS01In oBSL1Jb7+eBPhA2OfeB08yUDe+E2nicmQYPSQCJFcOw8py8Wf5xpL0hqdgTlUQeg QbInEvcAFNtGzHhatsKRhKWJCDZfePHHxn3CAfetaMu0DoRmzoxJ7myiq6RoyhTv 8TRDs6blh1dSk8ClB8wxg9m5puOoz7FXGENIR/8I8cKF+xKYzS3k3G3jItNfeto= =lWCt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEE54C4071F90A831B902CB34--