On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:54:21 +0300 Michael Tokarev wrote:
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> Michael,
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> You states that "your package embeds source code from
> both qemu and kvm". This is wrong. Kvm *is* qemu, just
> another variant of it, modifications to qemu to support
> native CPU execution on CPUs with virtualization extensions.
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> The two projects, while very close to each other, are
> separate. Kvm pushes changes back to qemu, but currently
> acts like "staging area" for the kvm-related features,
> before they're pushed to qemu.
>
> The end goal is to have only one project, qemu. But as
> of now, it isn't the case.
>
> So we've 3 choices in Debian:
>
> a) do not provide kvm(*) at all. This is wrong, since
> the project is very useful (qemu in its current form
> does not work as well). Note that first goal of
> Debian is its users.
>
> b) do not provide qemu but package only kvm. This does
> not work right, since kvm version does not care that
> much about other architectures, focusing only on kvm-
> related features and often breaking other things,
> including running on x86 without kvm enabled. Yes
> that's bugs, but they're of lower priority for kvm.
>
> c) package both and wait till either the two projects
> merges or when b) will be more appropriate than now.
>
> (*) By "kvm" here and everywhere I mean either "kvm" or
> "qemu-kvm" which is the same thing but one is development
> snapshots and another is stable series.
>
> I think we're doing the best thing possible at this time --
> providing both and letting the user to choose which one
> works best for him: if he wants native virtualisation
> here's kvm, if he wants to emulate other architecture,
> it's qemu.
>
> But in any way, saying that the project "embeds both
> qemu and kvm" is wrong, since, again, kvm *is* qemu.
right, the intention for submitting this bug was to track the fact that
code from both projects exists in this package. it is ok for it to be
that way, but it is also good to track that fact. it is nice to hear
that there is some work being done to merge the code, and this bug can
be closed when that is finally the case.
mike
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