[vfio-users] ACS capabitities for 1366 sockets

[sL1pKn07 SpinFlo]

2016-01-08 2:16 GMT+01:00 Alex Williamson <alex.l.williamson at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 6:07 PM, sL1pKn07 SpinFlo <sl1pkn07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh! a little question about the qemu chipset emulation is the best for
>> my machine (or any 1366 architecture (Intel x58 or 5520))
>>
>> q35 or pc-i440fx?
>
>
> The host has no bearing on the guest chipset decision.  I generally
> recommend 440fx unless you specifically need q35 (which for a Windows guest,
> you probably don't).
>
>>
>> if have configure the VM for pc-i440fx (and working) and decide change
>> to q35, need reisntall the guest OS?
>
>
> Maybe?  Probably?  Linux guests certainly don't care.  Windows is likely
> just a matter of whether it can boot far enough to load the right drivers
> and whether it needs to be re-activated.

Thanks :)