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

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

I agree that if we're not going to actually recommend people use this
feature yet that the warning should go away.

 -George

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