Re: [PATCH v11 02/19] multi-process: Add config option for multi-process QEMU

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 10/15/20 8:04 PM, Jagannathan Raman wrote:
> Add a configuration option to separate multi-process code
>
> Signed-off-by: John G Johnson <john.g.johnson@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jagannathan Raman <jag.raman@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Elena Ufimtseva <elena.ufimtseva@oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>   configure   | 10 ++++++++++
>   meson.build |  1 +
>   2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index f839c2a..2025e89 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ meson=""
>   ninja=""
>   skip_meson=no
>   gettext=""
> +mpqemu="no"
>   
>   bogus_os="no"
>   malloc_trim="auto"
> @@ -1520,6 +1521,10 @@ for opt do
>     ;;
>     --disable-libdaxctl) libdaxctl=no
>     ;;
> +  --enable-mpqemu) mpqemu=yes
> +  ;;
> +  --disable-mpqemu) mpqemu=no
> +  ;;
>     *)
>         echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
>         echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
> @@ -1838,6 +1843,8 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if 
> available:
>     xkbcommon       xkbcommon support
>     rng-none        dummy RNG, avoid using /dev/(u)random and getrandom()
>     libdaxctl       libdaxctl support
> +  mpqemu          multi-process QEMU support

When I first heard about this, I was expecting something
else. It could be better named as "remote-device emulation"
or maybe "manifold (device) emulation" :) Anyway too late
I presume.