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Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:12:13 +0200 From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> To: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "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 On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> wrote: >> 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.) > > Why would distributions want it? It's only useful for kernel developers. It's useful for kernel testers too. If this is a serious attempt in making QEMU command line suck less on Linux, I think it makes sense to do this properly instead of adding a niche script to the kernel tree that's simply going to bit rot over time. Pekka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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