Il 03/06/2013 22:50, Jordan Justen ha scritto: > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote: >> > With the new semantics of pc_sysfw (no -pflash implies "old-style" ROM >> > setup, >> > -pflash implies "new-style" ROM setup), there is no need anymore for a >> > compat >> > property. Old machines simply will never use -pflash, and thus will always >> > use old-style setup. > QEMU 1.2-1.5 could use -pflash if kvm was not used.
"Old machines" actually referred to <=1.0. This patch will not break backwards compatibility with QEMU 1.2-1.5 as long as you always use -pflash. Paolo