I suggest to call this item in the Wizard as "QEMU-KVM" with the following description: "Select this option if you want to use QEMU as a hypervisor with capability of KVM acceleration."
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Igor Kalnitsky <ikalnit...@mirantis.com> wrote: > > Qemu is not a hypervisor This will be even more confusing. > > It looks like hypervisor much more than libvirt. Moreover, according > to Wikipedia [1] (don't blame me guys) Qemu is Type-2 hypervisor. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor > > > Today, when a user selects KVM, Fuel attempts to use KVM acceleration and > > defaults to QEMU in the case that KVM acceleration is not possible. > > Sheena, are you sure it works this way? Some time ago we didn't > support this. However, I fully support this idea and believe this is > the way to go. In this case the hypervisor entry could be called > something like "Qemu (+ KVM if available)". > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Sheena Gregson <sgreg...@mirantis.com> > wrote: > > We should collapse this into one entry - I don't have any preference on > > the naming convention, but as Fuel checks to see whether the hardware is > > capable of performing KVM acceleration, there's no reason to continue > > giving a selection to the user regarding KVM. > > > > Today, when a user selects KVM, Fuel attempts to use KVM acceleration and > > defaults to QEMU in the case that KVM acceleration is not possible. We > > should keep this behavior and make the entry a single KVM/QEMU selection > > to eliminate the false perception of choice (and the ability for users to > > select the incorrect option). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bob Ball [mailto:bob.b...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 7:32 AM > > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org> > > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Fuel][UX] Throw KVM\QEMU and leave Libvirt > > on Wizard > > > >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Igor Kalnitsky > >> <ikalnit...@mirantis.com> > >> wrote: > >> > What about hypervisor "Qemu", and checkbox option on Settings tab - > >> > "Use KVM extension"? > >> Qemu is not a hypervisor This will be even more confusing. > >> I think "Libvirt" + some tooltip which says "Qemu and KVM" will be ok. > > > > Libvirt isn't a hypervisor either. Note that Xen, Virtuozzo CT, > Virtuozzo > > VM, LXC and KVM on ppc64 and s390x are all valid hypervisors to use with > > Libvirt and OpenStack (taken from > > http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/support-matrix.html) > > > > Bob > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > Unsubscribe: > openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > Unsubscribe: > openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Andrey Danin ada...@mirantis.com skype: gcon.monolake
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