Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] pc_sysfw: change rom_only default to 0

[Jordan Justen]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:
> Il 28/04/2013 10:32, Jordan Justen ha scritto:
>> Now KVM can support a flash memory. This feature depends on
>> KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM, which was introduced in Linux 3.7.
>
> I don't think we can require such a new kernel to run KVM.  IIUC, an
> older kernel would just fail to start, right?

Would it also be unacceptable to alter the behavior based on the kvm
capabilities? So, we can't use rom-mode for old kvm, but flash mode
for new kvm? (In other words, behave similarly to qemu 1.2-1.4 in kvm
vs. non-kvm mode.)

-Jordan