From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ueiop-00027T-Qz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ueioj-0006Wn-EA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:19 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f176.google.com ([209.85.217.176]:46530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ueioj-0006Wa-7s for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 05:25:13 -0400 Received: by mail-lb0-f176.google.com with SMTP id x10so517112lbi.35 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 02:25:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <519B383B.9010708@gmail.com> References: <519B2E24.40104@gmail.com> <20130521083953.GB31290@redhat.com> <519B383B.9010708@gmail.com> From: Peter Maydell Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:24:52 +0100 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-devel][libvirt] Default machine type setting for ppc64 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Li Zhang Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , anthony@codemonkey.ws, Paul Mackerras , Pradipta Kumar Banerjee On 21 May 2013 10:02, Li Zhang wrote: > On 2013=E5=B9=B405=E6=9C=8821=E6=97=A5 16:45, Peter Maydell wrote: >> On 21 May 2013 09:39, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>> Libvirt has always had support for specifying what machine type to use. >> OK, that makes sense. So is the problem here just configuration >> or is it the next layer above libvirt not being configurable? > > > Currently, the next layer above libvirt is not configurable. > It is dependent on this default setting. Users also expect > to start one VM successfully by default. Right. I think we've now identified the bit of software whose x86-centric assumptions need fixing :-) thanks -- PMM