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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER
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Paul Brook |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER |
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Thu, 28 May 2009 14:20:07 +0100 |
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> > IMHO think the only sane response is "don't do that". Trying to support
> > migration between different qemu versions just isn't worth the pain.
>
> I think that further more, we shouldn't make a change like altering
> the PCI device class in the stable branch, only in the unstable
> branch. If we restrict the stable branch to bug fixes, then it ought
> to be (more?) practical to support save under 0.10 and restore under
> 0.11, without needing to support the hard problem of save under 0.10
> and restore under 1.00 (or whatever next major release branch is)
0.11 is the next major release series. The current stable releases are 0.10.x.
I agree we shouldn't be making this sort of change on the stable branch,
precisely because it's reasonable to expect stable releases to be backwards
compatible.
Paul
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Anthony Liguori, 2009/05/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Mark McLoughlin, 2009/05/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Dor Laor, 2009/05/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Dor Laor, 2009/05/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Daniel P. Berrange, 2009/05/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Anthony Liguori, 2009/05/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER, Jamie Lokier, 2009/05/31
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Change virtio-console to PCI_CLASS_SERIAL_OTHER,
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