Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Add cache=volatile parameter to -drive

[Anthony Liguori]

On 05/25/2010 04:01 PM, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> I really think this patch can be useful, in my own case when testing
> debian-installer (I already cache=writeback). In short all that is about
> developing and testing, as opposed to run a VM in production, can
> benefit about that. This was one of the original use case of QEMU before
> KVM arrived.
>
> Unless someone can convince me not to do it, I seriously considering
> applying this patch.
>    

There really needs to be an indication in the --help output of what the 
ramifications of this option are, in the very least.  It should also be 
removable via a ./configure option because no sane distribution should 
enable this for end users.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori