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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels
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On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.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
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