On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 02:53:04PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 13.06.2018 14:48, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > On 13/06/2018 07:05, Thomas Huth wrote: > >> diff --git a/tests/vmgenid-test.c b/tests/vmgenid-test.c > >> index 8d915c6..4324034 100644 > >> --- a/tests/vmgenid-test.c > >> +++ b/tests/vmgenid-test.c > >> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void read_guid_from_monitor(QemuUUID *guid) > >> static char disk[] = "tests/vmgenid-test-disk-XXXXXX"; > >> > >> #define GUID_CMD(guid) \ > >> - "-machine accel=kvm:tcg " \ > >> + "-accel kvm:tcg " \ > >> "-device vmgenid,id=testvgid,guid=%s " \ > > > > "-accel kvm:tcg" works, but it really shouldn't (and I think we can > > change it without a deprecation period). The right syntax would be > > "-accel kvm -accel tcg", so that you can specify options that are valid > > only for KVM, or onlty for TCG. > > I see your point, but this would break these qtests that are trying to > override the "-machine accel=qtest" from libqtest.c this way... and if > any other tool out there in the wild is already depending on this > behavior, too, we can not change it so easily anymore.
Tools might rely in "-machine accel=kvm:tcg", but I don't think anybody should be relying on "-accel kvm:tcg" to work. I agree with Paolo. If "-accel kvm:tcg" works today, I think we should either remove that behavior immediately, or deprecate it on QEMU 3.0. We should also make sure "-accel kvm,FOO=BAR -accel tcg" won't set FOO=BAR in the TCG accelerator if KVM is unavailable. -- Eduardo