Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Disable kqemu by default

[Glauber Costa]

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 02:22:47PM +0200, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> Glauber Costa wrote:
>> turns -no-kqemu option into -kqemu
>> set kqemu_allowed to 0 by default.
>
> (...)
>
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_KQEMU
>> -DEF("no-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_kqemu, \
>> -    "-no-kqemu       disable KQEMU kernel module usage\n")
>> +DEF("-kqemu", 0, QEMU_OPTION_kqemu, \
>> +    "-kqemu          enable KQEMU kernel module usage\n")
>
> Why is this change needed?
Well, we certainly need a -kqemu option to enable it, if it is disabled by 
default.

>
> Even if changed, wouldn't it be better to leave the -no-kqemu option for  
> compatibility reasons? Otherwise, current scripts may break.
options comes and go every day.

but it's not a big burden, we can leave the old option around...