linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

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Message-ID: <CAOJsxLENwuDgt1S2O8XMsgp9uet92gWeS=GFP_6QgW2w7bRQrw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:04:55 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org list" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	qemu-devel Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

Hi Alexander,

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de> wrote:
> On LinuxCon I had a nice chat with Linus on what he thinks kvm-tool
> would be doing and what he expects from it. Basically he wants a
> small and simple tool he and other developers can run to try out and
> see if the kernel they just built actually works.
>
> Fortunately, QEMU can do that today already! The only piece that was
> missing was the "simple" piece of the equation, so here is a script
> that wraps around QEMU and executes a kernel you just built.

I'm happy to see some real competition for the KVM tool in usability. ;-)

That said, while the script looks really useful for developers,
wouldn't it make more sense to put it in QEMU to make sure it's kept
up-to-date and distributions can pick it up too? (And yes, I realize
the irony here.)

                        Pekka
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