On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 01:37:03PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:42:09 +0100 > Michal Privoznik <mpriv...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On 1/15/20 5:52 PM, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:34:53 +0100 > > > Peter Krempa <pkre...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > >> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 16:07:37 +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > >>> Deprecation period is ran out and it's a time to flip the switch > > >>> introduced by cd5ff8333a. > > >>> Disable legacy option for new machine types and amend documentation. > > >>> > > >>> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imamm...@redhat.com> > > >>> --- > > >>> CC: peter.mayd...@linaro.org > > >>> CC: ehabk...@redhat.com > > >>> CC: marcel.apfelb...@gmail.com > > >>> CC: m...@redhat.com > > >>> CC: pbonz...@redhat.com > > >>> CC: r...@twiddle.net > > >>> CC: da...@gibson.dropbear.id.au > > >>> CC: libvir-l...@redhat.com > > >>> CC: qemu-...@nongnu.org > > >>> CC: qemu-...@nongnu.org > > >>> --- > > >>> hw/arm/virt.c | 2 +- > > >>> hw/core/numa.c | 6 ++++++ > > >>> hw/i386/pc.c | 1 - > > >>> hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 1 + > > >>> hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 1 + > > >>> hw/ppc/spapr.c | 2 +- > > >>> qemu-deprecated.texi | 16 ---------------- > > >>> qemu-options.hx | 8 ++++---- > > >>> 8 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > > >> > > >> I'm afraid nobody bothered to fix it yet: > > >> > > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1783355 > > > > > > It's time to start working on it :) > > > (looks like just deprecating stuff isn't sufficient motivation, > > > maybe actual switch flipping would work out better) > > > > > > > So how was the upgrade from older to newer version resolved? I mean, if > > the old qemu used -numa node,mem=XXX and it is migrated to a host with > > newer qemu, the cmd line can't be switched to -numa node,memdev=node0, > > can it? I'm asking because I've just started working on this. > > see commit cd5ff8333a3c87 for detailed info. > Short answer is it's not really resolved [*], > -numa node,mem will keep working on newer QEMU but only for old machine types > new machine types will accept only -numa node,memdev. > > One can check if "mem=' is supported by using QAPI query-machines > and checking numa-mem-supported field. That field is flipped to false > for 5.0 and later machine types in this patch.
Since libvirt droppped the ball here, can we postpone this change to machine types until a later release. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
