On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 03:12:45PM +0100, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 01:49:12PM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> > We have been trying to avoid adding new aliases for CPU model
> > versions, but in the case of changes in defaults introduced by
> > the TAA mitigation patches, the aliases might help avoid user
> > confusion when applying host software updates.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com>
> 
> Tested-by: Kashyap Chamarthy <kcham...@redhat.com>
> 
>     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-11/msg03501.html

Thanks!

> 
>             - - -
> 
> Should we (can do it, if you already don't have a patch WIP for it)
> also update this file to reflect this?
> https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob;f=docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi

Yes, we should.  Thanks for the reminder!

> 
> While at it ... I wonder if it's worth making a separte doc
> (versioned-cpu-models.rst) explaining the versioned CPU models, usage,
> etc.
> 
> There was a very useful discussion between you and Dan Berrangé on this
> list (Message-Id: <20190625050008.12789-5-ehabk...@redhat.com>, the
> first version of the thread: "[PATCH 4/6] i386: Infrastructure for
> versioned CPU models").  Could potentially incorporate some of that
> content.
> 

We should, but I don't think I can do it in time for QEMU 4.2.

> > ---
> >  target/i386/cpu.c | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> [...]
> 
> -- 
> /kashyap

-- 
Eduardo


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