On 06/07/2016 11:51 PM, Andrew Jones wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 04:17:09PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: >> On 11 March 2016 at 17:36, Wei Huang <w...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> We start to see more features been added to ARM virtual machine models. >>> For the purpose of backward compatibility (e.g. migration), it is time >>> to consider versioning machine types for ARM VMs. As a beginning step, this >>> patchset defines an abstract machine type for ARM VMs. The current >>> "virt" machine is re-written based on this new abstract type accordingly. >>> These patches have been verified by booting existing VMs. >>> >>> RFC->V1: >>> * Rename the machine type to "virt-2.6", matching the imminent QEMU version >>> * Remove mc->is_default (Peter's comment) >> >> So is there a plan to provide a virt-2.7 for the next release? > > Yup. I was planning to send it as part of a small "hw/arm/virt: add > cpu-map" series I pretty much have ready, but didn't finish and send > yet because I got distracted working on the larger plan (among other > things). The motivation (larger plan) for cpu-map is full cpu-topology > configuration, but working on that has led to an smp parameter rework > RFC (hoping to send this week...) Wei or I can just send the virt-2.7 > patch now though to get it done sooner than later.
It makes sense to go with Drew's patches, so he doesn't need to re-base his existing current implementation. > > Thanks, > drew >