On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 07:35:31PM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote: > On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 17:34:34 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 04:28:53PM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote: > > > We already show whether a specific CPU model is usable on the current > > > host without modification via the 'usable' attribute of each CPU model. > > > But it may be useful to actually see what features are blocking each CPU > > > model from being usable. Especially when we already fetch the info from > > > QEMU and propagating it to domain capabilities XML is all we need to do. > > > > > diff --git a/tests/domaincapsdata/qemu_4.2.0-q35.x86_64.xml b/tests/domaincapsdata/qemu_4.2.0-q35.x86_64.xml > > > index dab12e5888..8ca9e8d2b2 100644 > > > --- a/tests/domaincapsdata/qemu_4.2.0-q35.x86_64.xml > > > +++ b/tests/domaincapsdata/qemu_4.2.0-q35.x86_64.xml > > > @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ > > > <mode name='custom' supported='yes'> > > > <model usable='yes' vendor='unknown'>qemu64</model> > > > <model usable='yes' vendor='unknown'>qemu32</model> > > > - <model usable='no' vendor='AMD'>phenom</model> > > > + <model usable='no' vendor='AMD' blockers='mmxext,fxsr_opt,3dnowext,3dnow,sse4a,npt'>phenom</model> > > > > This is an XML design anti-pattern, because it invents a data format > > inside the attribute which the caller then has to further parse. > > > > If we want to expose this, it needs to be with child elements IMHO, > > but yes it will be more much more verbose. > > You're absolutely right, but that's the only option we have I'm afraid. > Mixing subelements and text nodes is a much worse anti-pattern. I wish > the model name was in an attribute, but it isn't and having > > <model usable='no' vendor='AMD'> > <blocker name='mmxext'/> > phenom > </model> > > is just insane :-( True, I wonder if there's a different approach to the overall problem that would be better. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
