Il 20/06/2013 11:30, Igor Mammedov ha scritto: >>>> > > > So, basically the format seemed easier to work with if we are >>>> > > > thinking >>>> > > > of using QemuOpts for -numa. Using -cpu rather than cpus probably >>>> > > > makes it less ambiguous as well IMO. However, it's probably not a >>>> > > > good idea >>>> > > > if the current syntax is well established ? >> > >> > libvirt uses the "cpus" option already, so we have to keep it working. > Sure, we can leave it as it's now for some time while a new interface is > introduced/adopted. And than later deprecate "cpus".
So, you used a new name because the new behavior of "-numa node,cpus=1-2,cpus=3-4" would be incompatible with the old. Personally I don't think that's a problem, but I remember a long discussion in the past. Igor/Eduardo, do you remember the conclusions? Paolo
