On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 07:00:56AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/22/2012 07:16 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > I worry about need to maintain bug for bug compatibility on the > > unlikely chance that the work to complete it gets delayed and we release > > it in an unready state. > > > >> But in any case this needs > >> discussion with the libvirt folks to make sure it will actually work as > >> intended. /me tends to think a experimental bit in machine_info (which > >> is then printed by 'qemu -M ?' and the QOM-version of that) is more > >> useful than playing tricks with the name. > >> > >> cheers, > >> Gerd > > > > I agree it's best to ask libvirt folks what's the right way to hide > > a machine type from it. Add a flag so it's not listed in -M ? ? > > For qemu 1.3, libvirt will NOT be reading '-M ?', but instead calling > the 'query-machines' QMP command. If you want a machine to be avoided > by libvirt, then perhaps it is best to augment the MachineInfo QMP > datatype to add an optional field that says whether a particular machine > type is stable enough for libvirt's use.
Or just hide this machine type from the query-machines command? > -- > Eric Blake ebl...@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org >
