Re: [Qemu-stable] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/4] configure: Add --enable-migration-from-qemu-kvm

[Cole Robinson]

On 02/20/2013 03:30 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 20.02.2013 02:39, Cole Robinson wrote:
>> This switch will turn on all the migration compat bits needed to
>> perform migration from qemu-kvm to qemu. It's just a stub for now.
>>
>> This compat will break incoming migration from qemu < 1.3, but for
>> distros where qemu-kvm was the only shipped package for years it's
>> not a big loss (and I don't know any way to avoid it).
> 
> Actually I think it is relatively easy to support migration from BOTH
> qemu and qemu-kvm.  By adding a _runtime_ command-line switch (such as
> --qemu-kvm-compat, which has been already mentioned in other context),
> which modifies that migration stuff (machine definitions) in a reasonable
> way.  It can be done based on this patchset I guess (when it will be
> polished and proven to work well).  And after that is done, this
> configure option can go away.
> 
> How do you guys think?
> 

That solution works for me too.

Thanks,
Cole