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For finding the best matching CPU model for a given set of features while we don't know the CPU signature (i.e., when computing a baseline CPU model) we've been using a "shortest list of features" heuristics. This works well if new CPU models are supersets of older models, but that's not always the case. As a result it may actually select a new CPU model as a baseline while removing some features from it to make it compatible with older models. This is in general worse than using an old CPU model with a bunch of added features as a guest OS or apps may crash when using features that were disabled. On the other hand we don't want to end up with a very old model which would guarantee no disabled features as it could stop a guest OS or apps from using some features provided by the CPU because they would not expect them on such an old CPU. This patch changes the heuristics to something in between. Enabled and disabled features are counted separately so that a CPU model requiring some features to be disabled looks worse than a model with fewer disabled features even if its complete list of features is longer. The penalty given for each additional disabled feature gets bigger to make longer list of disabled features look even worse. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1851227 Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: