Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH][RFC] Allowing QEMU to directly execute a directory (and storing command line options in it)

[Andreas Färber]

Am 03.09.2007 um 12:01 schrieb Christian Brunschen:

> Saying that 'Q already handles this' means that any other program  
> that wants to offer a similar ease-of-use would have to be able to  
> read and interpret Q's configuration file format. If instead there  
> is a wrapper-neutral format, then each wrapper can use that. Of  
> course, each wrapper may also add its own, wrapper-specific  
> information to its own bespoke configuration file within the  
> bundle, but any information that is for qemu's use, and that can be  
> shared regardless of which wrapper or even *if* a wrapper is used,  
> would and should be kept in the qemu configuration file - making it  
> possible and easy to share vm bundles with other people, whether or  
> not they have or use the same wrapper.

Just to point this out, I was not saying QEMU must adopt Q's format  
because that already handles a bundle format. Maybe it would be  
feasible to have a qemu-specific "command line only" file. The point  
is however that such a bundle should be designed in a way that has  
extended uses such as Q's or qemu-launcher's etc. in mind.

Do all frontends actually serialize the whole command line? I noticed  
the port redirection was in both command line and special sections  
for Q but I thought some info wasn't in...

Andreas