Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-27 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 22.10.2012 19:37, Anthony Liguori wrote: [] > IOW: > > q35-next <- bleeding edge version of code. No compatibility guarantee > q35-0.1 <- if we decide we want to have a "tech preview" of q35 that's > incomplete but will be supported for compat > q35-1.0 <- the first "complete" re

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Anthony Liguori
"Michael S. Tsirkin" writes: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:37:39PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> On 10/22/12 12:08, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:58:32AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >>> Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Alexander Graf
On 22.10.2012, at 16:03, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/22/2012 08:23 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >>> On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the unlik

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Eric Blake
On 10/22/2012 08:23 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >> On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> >>> I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the >>> unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the > > unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed and we release > > it in an unready state. > > > >>

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Eric Blake
On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the > unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed and we release > it in an unready state. > >> But in any case this needs >> discussion with the libvirt folks to make su

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 04:43:25PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > Hi, > > Qemu bits for q35 support, I'm posting the seabios changes separately. The > patches require '-M pc_q35' and -L 'seabios dir with q35 changes' on the > qemu command line. Hopefully, we can make it the default for x86 at some >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:37:39PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > On 10/22/12 12:08, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:58:32AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >>> Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g. > >>> pc-q35-experimental to stress

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
On 10/22/12 12:08, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:58:32AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >>> Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g. >>> pc-q35-experimental to stress it's not fully supported? >> >> I don't think this is needed as piix will c

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-22 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:58:32AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Hi, > > > Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g. > > pc-q35-experimental to stress it's not fully supported? > > I don't think this is needed as piix will continue to be the default. Well q35 is not yet 1

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-21 Thread Gerd Hoffmann
Hi, > Would it make sense to temporarily rename the machine type e.g. > pc-q35-experimental to stress it's not fully supported? I don't think this is needed as piix will continue to be the default. It will also cause trouble with libvirt when pc-q35-experimental goes away some day. cheers, G

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-21 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 04:43:25PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > Hi, > > Qemu bits for q35 support, I'm posting the seabios changes separately. The > patches require '-M pc_q35' and -L 'seabios dir with q35 changes' on the > qemu command line. Hopefully, we can make it the default for x86 at some >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-21 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 04:43:25PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote: > Hi, > > Qemu bits for q35 support, I'm posting the seabios changes separately. The > patches require '-M pc_q35' and -L 'seabios dir with q35 changes' on the > qemu command line. Hopefully, we can make it the default for x86 at some >

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-20 Thread Michael Tokarev
On 20.10.2012 00:43, Jason Baron wrote: > Hi, > > Qemu bits for q35 support, I'm posting the seabios changes separately. The > patches require '-M pc_q35' and -L 'seabios dir with q35 changes' on the Just a small maybe-nitpick: can we ue pc-q35 here instead of pc_q35 (ie, minus instead of undersc

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

2012-10-19 Thread Jason Baron
Hi, Qemu bits for q35 support, I'm posting the seabios changes separately. The patches require '-M pc_q35' and -L 'seabios dir with q35 changes' on the qemu command line. Hopefully, we can make it the default for x86 at some future point when we feel comfortable with it. The current patches have