On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 11:05 AM Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 05:25:46PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022, Alexandru Elisei wrote: > > > I renamed --target-efi to --efi-payload in the last patch because I felt it > > > looked rather confusing to do ./configure --target=qemu --target-efi when > > > configuring the tests. If the rename is not acceptable, I can think of a > > > few other options: > > > > I find --target-efi to be odd irrespective of this new conflict. A simple --efi > > seems like it would be sufficient. > > > > > 1. Rename --target to --vmm. That was actually the original name for the > > > option, but I changed it because I thought --target was more generic and > > > that --target=efi would be the way going forward to compile kvm-unit-tests > > > to run as an EFI payload. I realize now that separating the VMM from > > > compiling kvm-unit-tests to run as an EFI payload is better, as there can > > > be multiple VMMs that can run UEFI in a VM. Not many people use kvmtool as > > > a test runner, so I think the impact on users should be minimal. > > > > Again irrespective of --target-efi, I think --target for the VMM is a potentially > > confusing name. Target Triplet[*] and --target have specific meaning for the > > compiler, usurping that for something similar but slightly different is odd. > > Wouldn't that mean that --target-efi is equally confusing? Do you have > suggestions for other names? How about --config-efi for configure, and CONFIG_EFI for source code? I thought about this name when I was developing the initial patch, and Varad also proposed similar names in his initial patch series [1]: --efi and CONFIG_EFI. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20210819113400.26516-1-varad.gautam@xxxxxxxx/ _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
