Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Deprecate the qemu-system-i386 binary

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 10:28 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
> > I wonder if we should take this a step further and rename qemu-system-x86_64
> > to qemu-system-x86!  Distros can if they wish create symlinks to both
> > qemu-system-i386 and qemu-system-x86_64.
>
> I can't help feeling this just creates a new upgrade burden for distros
> for no obvious win.

We can create the symlinks on install as well during the deprecation
period. It doesn't have to be done by distros.

For me, the main benefit of implementing -x86 for system emulation is
that we need to move user-mode emulation to the x86_64 backend anyway.
And the less difference between the two emulation scenarios, the
better.

Paolo

> Things have gone quite recently, but if we introduce next-generation
> QEMU system emulator binary which is 100% QMP based, I think that would
> be the ideal time to change naming convention to -x86
>
> With regards,
> Daniel
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