> On Apr 21, 2020, at 8:32 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:45:04PM +0000, Ani Sinha wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 20, 2020, at 8:32 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> >>> But I for one would like to focus on keeping PIIX stable >>> and focus development on q35. Not bloating PIIX with lots of new >>> features is IMHO a good way to do that. >> >> Does this mean this patch is a no-go then? :( > > I'd support this patch, as I don't think it can really be described as > bloat or destabalizing. It is just adding a simple property to > conditionalize existing functionality. Telling people to switch to Q35 > is unreasonable as it is not a simple 1-1 conversion from existing use > of PIIX. Q35 has much higher complexity in its configuration, has higher > memory overhead per VM too, and lacks certain features of PIIX too.
Cool. How do we go forward from here?