linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Native Linux KVM tool for 3.1

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:41:52 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Kevin Wolf <kwolf@...hat.com>
Cc:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	avi@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	gorcunov@...il.com, levinsasha928@...il.com, asias.hejun@...il.com,
	prasadjoshi124@...il.com
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Native Linux KVM tool for 3.1

Hi Kevin,

On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 14:24 +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> You've just chosen a different default. I'd argue that most users (i.e.
> not developers of the tool or the kernel) actually want to run with a
> disk image and graphics. You can type "qemu-kvm harddisk.img" and that's
> it. This is clearly superior to something as tedious as "./kvm run -d
> harddisk.img --sdl" and I can assure you that a bash alias is really not
> a solution for that.

I actually agree with you and we eventually want

  kvm run harddisk.img

to do the right thing.

On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 14:24 +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> So, as always, which set of command line switches works better for you
> depends entirely on your use case.

I actually don't agree. I think Qemu requires way too much configuration
from the user and doesn't try hard enough to provide best possible
defaults. Dunno how much virt-manager changes all that, though.

			Pekka

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