On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:43:29AM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > = Solution - Separate configuration from compat hints = > > As I suggested before: > > - Allow the VM manager to dump compat hints; this would be an opaque > file format, more like the savevm format than a config file Why make it "like the savevm" format then? If they are opaque anyway, compat hints could be part of savevm format. > - Use defaults where compat hints are not available; e.g. if the VM > manager specifies a device config, but no compat hints are > supplied for it, then just use default values > > - Make the config override compat hints; e.g. if there are compat > hints specified for a device not included in the machine config, > just ignore those hints > > Cheers, > Mark. If compat hints are opaque and only editable by qemu, we can get into a situation where one can't create a specific setup with a new qemu. -- MST _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
