[pve-devel] Qemu / virtio-rng-pci

[Alexandre DERUMIER]

>>It is also unclear to me if you need the virtio-rng-pci device, or is the
>>problem solved by those new CPU flags?

I think we can try with qemu 2.3 and new cpuflags in >= ivibridge models
before add virtio-ring support.



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De: "dietmar" <dietmar at proxmox.com>
À: "Stefan Priebe" <s.priebe at profihost.ag>, "aderumier" <aderumier at odiso.com>
Cc: "pve-devel" <pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com>
Envoyé: Mercredi 3 Juin 2015 17:29:04
Objet: Re: [pve-devel] Qemu / virtio-rng-pci

> > Well, the patch check the version of qemu or the machine option or 
> > forcemachine from qemu live migration. 
> 
> Ah ok sorry didn't saw this. But I still think it's bad to rely on qemu 
> versions. 
> What about a pve compatibility flag in the conf file which gets only reset on 
> a fresh start? Might be also useful for suspends or snapshots? So it would be 
> possible to change options or defaults without the need to change qemu 
> version? 

I usually try to avoid complex things unless I really need them ... 

It is also unclear to me if you need the virtio-rng-pci device, or is the 
problem solved by those new CPU flags?