Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:04:55 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels | From | Pekka Enberg <> |
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Hi Alexander,
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.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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