Re: [libvirt] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH RFC] hw/pc: set q35 as the default x86 machine

Getting back to this discussion: On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 09:43:00AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 09:27:46AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > Add to that shortcuts like -cdrom > > > > stop working, > > > > > > Maybe is fixable. > > > > Already fixed for ages. > > > > > I see marking Q35 as the default machine a first step. > > > > Maybe the better option is to go the arm route: Just don't define a > > default, so users have to specify pc or q35. That will make them notice > > there is a world beside 'pc', and we also avoid breaking things > > silently. > > If QEMU removes the default, then libvirt will have to hardcode > 'pc' as the default to maintain back compatibility, so I don't > think that ends up as a net win I believe there's consensus that applications blindly relying on the default machine-type when creating a domain is a bad idea. That said, can we deprecate this feature in libvirt, encourage applications to always specify an explicit machine-type, thus making it possible to deprecate the i440fx machine-types one day?