On 08/03/2010 10:13 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 09:43:39PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
libguestfs does not depend on an x86 architectural feature.
qemu-system-x86_64 emulates a PC, and PCs don't have -kernel. We
should discourage people from depending on this interface for
production use.
I really don't get this whole thing where we must slavishly
emulate an exact PC ...
An additional point in favour is that we have a method of resolving
design arguments. No need to think, we have the spec in front of us.
The arguments then devolve into interpretation of the spec.
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I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.
