Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vl.c: disallow command line fw cfg without opt/

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 08:15:07PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> >> I liked (and like) the "mechanism, not
> >> policy" thing. Letting developers pass in whatever they want, for
> >> development / debugging / testing purposes, is a plus to me.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Laszlo
> > 
> > Could you flesh out the development / debugging / testing and
> > how is inserting files in PC namespace useful for that?
> 
> I don't know -- which is part of the argument. Lack of a ready example
> doesn't imply (to me) that the possibility should be excluded.

When it comes to an interface that has to be maintained indefinitely,
only allowing what you absolutely need seems like exactly the correct
design.

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MST