Re: [RFC v2 00/18] Refactor configuration of guest memory protection

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/06/20 23:54, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> QEMU could always create a PEF object, and if the command line defines
> one, it will correspond to it. And if the command line doesn't define one,
> then it would also work because the PEF object is already there.

How would you start a non-protected VM?  Currently it's the "-machine"
property that decides that, and the argument requires an id
corresponding to "-object".

Paolo

> That way, compatibility with AMD SEV is preserved but we also get
> command line simplicity where it is not needed.