FS#17167 - [qemu] package gives inconsequent advices after installation

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Rorschach (Rorschach) - Monday, 16 November 2009, 21:56 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 22 November 2009, 17:22 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
The qemu package of archlinux seems to have some historical garbage in it's advice output. I upgraded the package a few minutes ago to 0.11.0-2 and got this output while upgrading:

>>> Since kernel 2.6.29:
>>> Qemu package now provides standard qemu with kvm enabled.

>>> PLEASE READ FOR KVM USAGE!
>>> Load the correct KVM module, you will need a KVM capable CPU!
>>> Add yourself to the group 'kvm'.
>>> Use 'qemu --enable-kvm' to use KVM.

>>> PLEASE READ FOR KQEMU USAGE!
>>> You need to install the 'kqemu' package for your kernel.
>>> You need to load the module to use qemu with kqemu.


This is a bug. Just one of these advisories should be written. But which one is the correct one? I don't have a kvm-capable machine to check it.


Additional info:
* qemu-0.11.0-2-i686


Steps to reproduce:
Just update the package or purge it and reinstall.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 22 November 2009, 17:22 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Text is correct as it is shown.
Comment by Stefan Hermansen (scorpyn) - Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 15:44 GMT
Actually, I'm fairly certain that both are correct.

If you want to use KVM, follow the KVM instructions.
If you want to use KQEMU, follow the KQEMU instructions.
If you don't want to (or can) use either, then just ignore both sections.

I'm fairly certain that you can't use both at the same time, but afaik both are supported by the package.
Comment by Stefan Hermansen (scorpyn) - Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 00:34 GMT
I made some simple tests on my system.

qemu --enable-kvm
qemu --enable-kqemu

Both work without warning if I follow the pre-setup instructions. (If I don't follow the instructions, they complain instead of just failing silently.)

The only remaining "issue" I know of is that the extra/kvm package seems unnecessary now that kvm is included in the main qemu package.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 22 November 2009, 16:29 GMT
I'm not 100% sure if both are equal, both sources differ in size.
Qemu integrated kvm but i don't think that both are exactly the same.

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