Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3 v2] Add a pc-0-10 machine type for compatibility with 0.10.x

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On 07/08/09 12:48, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> Add a pc-0-10 machine type to allow a pc machine to be created with
> virtio block and console devices compatibility with qemu-0.10.x.

> +enum {
> +    COMPAT_DEFAULT = 0,
> +    COMPAT_0_10, /* compatible with qemu 0.10.x */
> +};

Hmm.  Just digged in the virtio blk code.  Noticed some ppc machines 
have virtio block devices too.  So linking it to a machine type looks 
wrong to me.

Maybe better add a global '-compat' switch and a global compat enum 
where every driver can just look at?

Another question:  Is migrating from 0.11 in 0.10-compat mode to 0.10 
supposed to work?  If so we make virtio-net better turn off msi then.

cheers,
  Gerd