Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 00/26] q35 qemu support

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > I worry about need to maintain  bug for bug compatibility on the
> > unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed and we release
> > it in an unready state.
> > 
> >> But in any case this needs
> >> discussion with the libvirt folks to make sure it will actually work as
> >> intended.  /me tends to think a experimental bit in machine_info (which
> >> is then printed by 'qemu -M ?' and the QOM-version of that) is more
> >> useful than playing tricks with the name.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>   Gerd
> > 
> > I agree it's best to ask libvirt folks what's the right way to hide
> > a machine type from it. Add a flag so it's not listed in -M ?  ?
> 
> For qemu 1.3, libvirt will NOT be reading '-M ?', but instead calling
> the 'query-machines' QMP command.  If you want a machine to be avoided
> by libvirt, then perhaps it is best to augment the MachineInfo QMP
> datatype to add an optional field that says whether a particular machine
> type is stable enough for libvirt's use.

Or just hide this machine type from the query-machines command?


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