** Description changed: - There is currently no way to install just enough qemu to have kvm work. - On x86 you can install qemu-kvm, but even on the other architectures - where this is built (e.g. armhf) it depends on qemu-system-x86. Or you - can install qemu-system but that installs way more than you need. + [Impact] + There is currently no way to install just enough qemu to have kvm work. On x86 you can install qemu-kvm, but even on the other architectures where this is built (e.g. armhf) it depends on qemu-system-x86. Or you can install qemu-system but that installs way more than you need. - Quick consensus seemed to be that qemu-kvm should depend on the - appropriate qemu-system-$ARCH. + [Test Case] + $ apt-get install qemu-kvm + This should pull in the appropriate qemu packages to run KVM on the host. + + [Regression Risk] + This is a new package for some archs (arm64/powerpc/ppc64el), so that minimizes the risk of regression there. The biggest risk I see is if someone on armhf was using 'apt-get install qemu-kvm' as a shorthand for installing qemu-system-x86. It seems unlikely (read: very slow) for someone to try to be running emulated x86 on armhf. That said, the upgrade to this won't force qemu-system-x86 off of their system - it would just be a behavior change for new installs.
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