[Qemu-devel] Re: Release plan for 0.12.0

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:21:04AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Jens Osterkamp wrote:
>> On Wednesday 30 September 2009, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>>
>>   
>>>  o VMState conversion -- I expect most of the pc target to be completed
>>>  o qdev conversion -- I hope that we'll get most of the pc target
>>> completely converted to qdev
>>>  o storage live migration
>>>  o switch to SeaBIOS (need to finish porting features from Bochs)
>>>  o switch to gPXE (need to resolve slirp tftp server issue)
>>>  o KSM integration
>>>  o in-kernel APIC support for KVM
>>>  o guest SMP support for KVM
>>>  o updates to the default pc machine type
>>>
>>> Please add to this list and I'll collect it all and post it somewhere.
>>>     
>>
>> What about Or Gerlitz' raw backend driver ? I did not see it go in yet, 
>> or did I miss something ?
>>   
>
> The patch seems to have not been updated after the initial posting and  
> the first feedback cycle.

Looks like Or has abandoned it.  I have an updated version which works
with new APIs, etc.  Let me post it and we'll go from there.

> I'm generally inclined to oppose the functionality as I don't think it  
> offers any advantages over the existing backends.

I patch it in and use it all the time.  It's much easier to setup
on a random machine than a bridged config.

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