Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] docs: Fix device_model_user description of its default value

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 05:48:37PM +0100, Anthony PERARD wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 05:34:10PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > Anthony PERARD writes ("[PATCH] docs: Fix device_model_user description of 
> > its default value"):
> > > docs/misc/qemu-deprivilege.txt and libxl suggest that "xen-qemuuser" is
> > > the default prefix, reflect that in the man.
> > > 
> > > Also add some emphasis.
> > 
> > I'm going to make a perhaps-controversial suggestion:
> > 
> > This feature should be deprecated for 4.7.  Specifically,
> >  - the warning about running qemu as root should go away
> >  - the docs should mention that running qemu not as root
> >    may well break things
> 
> Yes. The doc bearly mention an issue with migration and pci passthrough.
> I could boot a guest, but shutdown did not work.
> 

So I guess we should just remove relevant manpage sections? The code can
be left as-is so that we can develop this thing further.

Wei.

> > Right now, the privsep is not finished and I think trying to run qemu
> > as non-root won't (usually) actually work.
> > 
> > Ian.
> 
> -- 
> Anthony PERARD

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