On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:02:26AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 08/10/2013 09:32, Markus Armbruster ha scritto: > > We have > > > > -mem-path FILE provide backing storage for guest RAM > > -mem-prealloc preallocate guest memory (use with -mem-path) > > > > PATCH 2/2 adds > > > > -mem-path-force fail if unable to allocate RAM as specified by > > -mem-path > > > > Looks like it's time to consolidate the options related to guest memory > > into a single, QemuOpts-style -memory NAME=VALUE,... What do you guys > > think? > > Yes, we can use "-numa memory" (or "-numa mem") that Wanlong Gao is > adding. We can add path=, preallocate= and force= options there. > > Paolo
It would be important for the new option to be backportable independently. Therefore mixing it with -numa is not an option. Also due to backportability supporting a new style of command line for -mem-path is problematic (management must be changed accordingly). Can the new option format for memory be created incrementally on top of -mem-path-force? (agree its a good thing, it avoids proliferation of new options).
