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[Qemu-block] -enable-kvm and friens (was: Re: [PATCH 03/17] iotests: ask


From: Thomas Huth
Subject: [Qemu-block] -enable-kvm and friens (was: Re: [PATCH 03/17] iotests: ask qemu for supported formats)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 13:27:43 +0200
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On 07.06.2018 13:18, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
[...]
> As to "-enable-kvm", I don't see anything wrong with users using it, or
> even with occasionally adding more options like it.  However, we should
> warn developers that such simple options should be syntactic sugar for a
> structured (i.e. QemuOpts-based) option like "-accel", and that it
> should only be done for similarity with existing options.
Honestly, in this case I think it's just confusing for the normal users,
and not sugar (anymore). If I'm an unexperienced user who wants to
enable KVM, and I see multiple options that seem to be related, I wonder
whether they do the same or whether there's a difference, and which one
is preferred. And "-accel kvm" is even less to type than "-enable-kvm",
so there is really no advantage for "-enable-kvm" anymore. I think we
should remove "-enable-kvm" and "-enable-hax" from qemu-doc.texi and
only list it in the new legacy chapter / document.

 Thomas



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