Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Fix default CPU model for ARM64

[Peter Crosthwaite]

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Pavel Fedin <address@hidden> wrote:
>  Hello!
>
>> Ignoring legacy, the ideal naming scheme would be:
>>
>> qemu-system-arm
>> aarch64-linux-user
>> aarch32-linux-user
>
>  You know, i rethought. Actually, the question concerns only "virt" machine, 
> because for other real machines the CPU should be the same as on real HW, and 
> this is no question. Shouldn't our default for "virt" be just "host" ? This 
> would eliminate all ambiguity i believe...
>

What's it then meant to do for TCG (where the host could be anything)?

And I think this is still an issue as it will be a functional diff
between qemu-system-arm and qemu-system-aarch64 breaking compatability
between the too and forever committing us to have to maintain two
builds.

Regards,
Peter

> Kind regards,
> Pavel Fedin
> Expert Engineer
> Samsung Electronics Research center Russia
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