Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

[Pekka Enberg]

Hi Alexander,

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Alexander Graf <address@hidden> wrote:
> On LinuxCon I had a nice chat with Linus on what he thinks kvm-tool
> would be doing and what he expects from it. Basically he wants a
> small and simple tool he and other developers can run to try out and
> see if the kernel they just built actually works.
>
> Fortunately, QEMU can do that today already! The only piece that was
> missing was the "simple" piece of the equation, so here is a script
> that wraps around QEMU and executes a kernel you just built.

I'm happy to see some real competition for the KVM tool in usability. ;-)

That said, while the script looks really useful for developers,
wouldn't it make more sense to put it in QEMU to make sure it's kept
up-to-date and distributions can pick it up too? (And yes, I realize
the irony here.)

                        Pekka