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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
Cc: eduardo@habkost.net, thuth@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com,
	quintela@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert \(git\)" <dgilbert@redhat.com>,
	pbonzini@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: Switch to q35 as the default machine type
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:58:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220216105808.77kqhmsagz3ej74h@sirius.home.kraxel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YgvtLmoJcv+ZSW1S@redhat.com>

  Hi,
 
> Given the semantic differences from 'i440fx', changing the default
> machine type has effects that are equivalent to breaking command
> line syntax compatibility, which is something we've always tried
> to avoid.

And if we are fine breaking backward compatibility I'd rather *not* pick
a default, effectively making -M $something mandatory, similar to arm.

take care,
  Gerd



  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-16 11:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-15 16:25 [PATCH 0/3] x86: Switch over to q35 as the default machine type Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 1/3] tests/x86: Use 'pc' machine type for old hardware tests Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-17  8:04   ` Thomas Huth
2022-02-17  8:18   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 2/3] tests/x86: Use 'pc' machine type for hotplug tests Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-17  8:09   ` Thomas Huth
2022-02-17  8:18   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: Switch to q35 as the default machine type Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-15 18:13   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2022-02-15 18:29     ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2022-02-16 10:58     ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2022-02-16 11:01       ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2022-02-16 11:23         ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2022-02-16 11:24         ` Thomas Huth
2022-02-16 17:40           ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2022-02-16 17:48             ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2022-02-16 17:57               ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2022-02-17  7:46                 ` Thomas Huth
2022-02-17  7:52                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-02-17  9:29                 ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2022-02-17  9:43                   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2022-02-17  7:57             ` Thomas Huth
2022-02-17  8:08               ` Gerd Hoffmann
2022-02-17  8:17                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2022-02-17  9:16                   ` Daniel P. Berrangé
2022-02-17  9:35                   ` Igor Mammedov
2022-02-17  9:19               ` Kashyap Chamarthy
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 0/3] x86: Switch over " Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 1/3] tests/x86: Use 'pc' machine type for old hardware tests Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 2/3] tests/x86: Use 'pc' machine type for hotplug tests Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)
2022-02-15 16:25 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86: Switch to q35 as the default machine type Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git)

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