Re: [Qemu-trivial] [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 4/4] qemu-options: Do not show -enable-kvm and -enable-hax in the docs anymore

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 26/06/2018 18:06, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> On the other hand I see no benefit in changing a default that people are
>> obviously not using (since most people use KVM, not TCG).  Distros will
>> keep shipping, and people will keep using qemu-kvm even if we change the
>> default.
>
> Not changing the default is different from promising we will keep
> ABI compatibility if the accelerator is omitted.  I just want to
> get rid of the latter.

I understand; what I don't understand is why do the latter unless you
plan to change the default.

Paolo