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Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:53:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Armbruster To: Peter Maydell Subject: Re: [Bug 1923663] [NEW] Can't(?) disable default floppy drive any more in qemu 6.0 References: <161834460731.13851.12350778402155141357.malonedeb@chaenomeles.canonical.com> <87fsztny5a.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:53:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Peter Maydell's message of "Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:36:12 +0100") Message-ID: <87zgxzbnvx.fsf@dusky.pond.sub.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=armbru@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=armbru@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Adam Williamson <1923663@bugs.launchpad.net>, QEMU Developers Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Peter Maydell writes: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 08:07, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> In my opinion, management applications are better off with -nodefaults. >> It's easier to understand than the complicated mess I'm going to >> describe under "Long answer" below. > > Is there a mechanism to get QEMU to tell me "what are all the > long options I need to specify explicitly now to get the same > behaviour that I had before I started passing -nodefaults" ? Sadly, no. > Otherwise it's a pretty painful route to suggest that people > go down (though I agree that for a management app as opposed to > an individual user it's probably a worthwhile route in the long > term). I don't think it's *that* bad. The stuff -nodefaults suppresses is geared for ad hoc human use, and I figure management applications override much of it anyway.