Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] qemu-kvm: Invert svm-flag setting logic

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On Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 09:51:33AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   On 09/07/2010 03:23 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >
> > I think we should get rid of kvm_nested and -enable-nesting. Instead, we should enable the SVM bit in the "host" and "qemu64" cpu types, but not in "kvm64". This way users are safe to not use nested svm, but can choose to do so if they like.
> >
> > Also, it should be possible to do something like -cpu kvm64,flags=+svm. Without having to mess with -enable-nesting.
> 
> I agree, -enable-nesting is redundant with -cpu ,+svm.

This patchset makes -enable-nesting pratically a synonym for -cpu ,+svm.
So we can safely remove -enable-nesting in the future.

	Joerg

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