Re: [PATCH] hw/i386/pc: xen: reinstate the "xenfv" machine alias

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 06:22:38PM +0200, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > Commit 7d2778dea32a4924a469f1cc5767042c8f5b4eea ("hw/i386/pc:
> > Remove deprecated pc-q35/pc-i440fx/xenfv 3.1 machines") removed
> > the Xen machine type that was providing the "xenfv" alias. As a
> > consequence, since the tools are apparently relying on such alias,
> > we're getting this, as soon as one tries to start a Xen (HVM) VM:
> > 
> >   qemu-system-i386: unsupported machine type: "xenfv"
> >   Use -machine help to list supported machines
> > 
> > Reinstate the alias and let it point to the only Xen machine we
> > still have.
> > 
> > Fixes: 7d2778dea3 hw/i386/pc: Remove deprecated pc-q35/pc-i440fx/xenfv 3.1 
> > machines
> > Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>