Accepting request 863138 from home:bfrogers:branches:Virtualization

Redo wording of last changelog entry.

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/863138
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/qemu?expand=0&rev=602
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Wed Jan 13 19:48:17 UTC 2021 - Bruce Rogers <brogers@suse.com> Wed Jan 13 19:48:17 UTC 2021 - Bruce Rogers <brogers@suse.com>
- Convert qemu-kvm from a script to a symlink. This method of - Convert qemu-kvm from a script to a symlink. Using qemu-kvm to
invoking the QEMU emulator has been deprecated for some time, invoke the QEMU emulator has been deprecated for some time,
but is still provided. It has as it's origins a version of QEMU but is still provided. It has as it's ancient origins a version
which had KVM acceleration enabled by default. In it's recent of QEMU which had KVM acceleration enabled by default, and then
incarnation it is a script which adds '-machine accel=kvm' to the recently, until now, it is a shell script which execs the QEMU
beginning of the list of command line options passed to the emulator, adding '-machine accel=kvm' to the beginning of the
emulator. This method collides with the now preferred method of list of command line options passed to the emulator.
specifying acceleration options by using -accel. qemu-kvm is now This method collides with the now preferred method of specifying
changed to simply be a symlink to the same QEMU binary which the acceleration options by using -accel. qemu-kvm is now changed to
prior script exec'd. This new approach takes advantage of a built simply be a symlink to the same QEMU binary which the prior
in QEMU feature where if QEMU is invoked using a program name script exec'd. This new approach takes advantage of a built-in
ending in 'kvm', KVM emulation is enabled. This approach is QEMU feature where if QEMU is invoked using a program name ending
better in that it is more compatible with any other command line in 'kvm', KVM emulation is enabled. This approach is better in
option that may be added for specifying acceleration (not that that it is more compatible with any other command line option
you should do that). that may be added for describing acceleration.
For those who have taken advantage of the fact that you can add For those who have modified qemu-kvm to add additional command
additional command line options to the qemu-kvm script, or doing line options, or take other actions in the context of the script
other things in that script you will just need to create an you will now need to create an alternate script "emulator" to
alternate script "emulator" to achieve the same. It's possible achieve the same result. Note that it's possible there may be
that there may be some very subtle behavioral difference in the some very subtle behavioral difference in the switch from a
switch from a script to a symlink, but given that qemu-kvm is a script to a symlink, but given that qemu-kvm is a deprecated
deprecated package, we're not going to worry about that. package, we're not going to worry about that.
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