Re: [PATCH v3 22/22] [RfC] acpi: flip default to off for microvm

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 12:36:24PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> On Wed, 20 May 2020 15:20:03 +0200
> Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  hw/i386/microvm.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/hw/i386/microvm.c b/hw/i386/microvm.c
> > index 602c6a8f75f3..b5c445b5403b 100644
> > --- a/hw/i386/microvm.c
> > +++ b/hw/i386/microvm.c
> > @@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ static void microvm_machine_initfn(Object *obj)
> >  static void microvm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
> >  {
> >      MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
> > +    X86MachineClass *x86mc = X86_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
> >  
> >      mc->init = microvm_machine_state_init;
> >  
> > @@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ static void microvm_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void 
> > *data)
> >      /* Machine class handlers */
> >      mc->reset = microvm_machine_reset;
> >  
> > +    /* acpi is off by default */
> > +    x86mc->acpi_default = false;
> 
> Since we don't care about compat stuff for microvm yet,
> I'd preffer default 'on', as in long run it allows to boot larger range of 
> guests
> without need for tuning QEMU and guest configuration
> (i.e. it's the least troublesome case for ordinary user)

I fully agree and I'll happily drop patches 21+22 and have microvm
default to acpi=on.  See also:
   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg01315.html

Older patch versions got multiple review comments asking for acpi=off by
default, so I've added these two patches as RfC to show how this could
be done.  RfC because (1) the topic is controversial and (2) these are
not final.  I'd move 21/22 up in the series and squash 22/22 into the
"add acpi to microvm" patch in case we decide for acpi=off as default.

take care,
  Gerd