[libvirt] [PATCH 4/4] qemu: default to kvm32/kvm64 when KVM is enabled

Jiri Denemark jdenemar at redhat.com
Mon Jan 23 15:57:21 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 14:11:11 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The qemu32/qemu64 models are weird in that the exact combination of
> CPUID flags does not match any actual processor.  kvm32 and kvm64 are
> a better match when not using TCG.  Use them when -cpu is only needed
> to hardcode a 32-bit guest arch or for kvmclock.

I don't think we can do this as it means the guest CPU may change unexpectedly
for existing domains. A 32b domain started on current libvirt would see qemu32,
while the same domain started after this patch would see kvm32.

Jirka




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