On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 06:04:36PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: >> So are there any compelling arguments from the proponents, or can >> I remove this from linux-next (and have it removed from the tip >> auto-latest branch)? > > FWIW, I gave this a run and I have to say, it works as advertized: I > built it and ran it with the latest kernel and the thing simply boots > the kernel. Even without a disk image - the simplest command is: > > $ ./lkvm run --kernel ../../arch/x86/boot/bzImage > > and it gets me a shell in the vm after a second. > > So the absolute advantage it gives kernel devs is that they can > smoke-test whether their stuff boots in seconds. > > This is probably not helpful when enabling specific hw features but > should be pretty helpful for generic arch stuff.
Why couldn't this script just be a wrapper around qemu? I get the kvm developers developing features that isn't ideal, but for the quick boot a kernel tests, I don't see why a well maintained qemu wrapper isn't superior. I hate constructing qemu command lines, but a script in the kernel repo seems like a good idea. Dave. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
