Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH] kvm: Add a new machine property kvm_type

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2013-10-07 18:53, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <address@hidden>
>> 
>> Targets like ppc64 support different typed of KVM, one which use
>> hypervisor mode and the other which doesn't. Add a new machine
>> property kvm_type that helps in selecting the respective ones
>> We also add a new QEMUMachine callback get_vm_type that helps
>> in mapping the string representation of kvm type specified.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <address@hidden>
>
> ...
>
>> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
>> index 4e709d5..7ecc581 100644
>> --- a/vl.c
>> +++ b/vl.c
>> @@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
>>              .name = "usb",
>>              .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
>>              .help = "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
>> +        },{
>> +            .name = "kvm_type",
>> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
>> +            .help = "Set to kvm type to be used in create vm ioctl",
>
> This does not sound like an appropriate documentation for an enduser.
>

Any other suggestion for that ? It is actually a string which will be
parsed by the machine opt callback, and the return value is used as the
argument to create vm ioctl. 

-aneesh