Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: Switch to q35 as the default machine type

[Thomas Huth]

On 16/02/2022 12.01, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Gerd Hoffmann (kraxel@redhat.com) wrote:
> >    Hi,
> >   
> > > Given the semantic differences from 'i440fx', changing the default
> > > machine type has effects that are equivalent to breaking command
> > > line syntax compatibility, which is something we've always tried
> > > to avoid.
> >
> > And if we are fine breaking backward compatibility I'd rather *not* pick
> > a default, effectively making -M $something mandatory, similar to arm.
>
> Oh, that's probably easy to do;  what are other peoples thoughts on
> that?

I agree with Gerd. Getting rid of a default machine on x86 is likely better 
than silently changing it to q35. But I'd maybe say that this should go 
through the deprecation process first?

 Thomas