* Thomas Huth (th...@redhat.com) wrote: > On 16/02/2022 12.01, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > * Gerd Hoffmann (kra...@redhat.com) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Given the semantic differences from 'i440fx', changing the default > > > > machine type has effects that are equivalent to breaking command > > > > line syntax compatibility, which is something we've always tried > > > > to avoid. > > > > > > And if we are fine breaking backward compatibility I'd rather *not* pick > > > a default, effectively making -M $something mandatory, similar to arm. > > > > Oh, that's probably easy to do; what are other peoples thoughts on > > that? > > I agree with Gerd. Getting rid of a default machine on x86 is likely better > than silently changing it to q35. But I'd maybe say that this should go > through the deprecation process first?
So just adding something like the following under 'System emulator machines': x86 default machine type ------------------------ x86 currently defaults to the very old ```pc``` machine type which is based on the very old ```i440f``` chipset. This default will be removed and the user will be required to specify a machine type explicitly using -M; users are encouraged to switch to the not quite as old ```q35``` machine types. (This option is going to take a lot more work switching all the test cases over; in my world here I'd only changed the tests that broke on q35, now everything is going to need to specify a type). Dave > Thomas > -- Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilb...@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
