From 649b8ef5b1137a50dd4c0d24982284b96f965e61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Powell <spowellgrr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:42:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove experimental markings from QEMU driver

---
 pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go | 2 +-
 site/content/en/docs/drivers/_index.md    | 4 ++--
 site/content/en/docs/drivers/qemu.md      | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
index d5264136c402..f12a44cb2158 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 		Config:   configure,
 		Status:   status,
 		Default:  true,
-		Priority: registry.Experimental,
+		Priority: registry.Preferred,
 	}); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("register failed: %v", err))
 	}
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/_index.md b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/_index.md
index 6744c03ff377..7f9aacda7778 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/_index.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/_index.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To do so, we use the [Docker Machine](https://github.com/docker/machine) library
 * [Docker]({{<ref "docker.md">}}) - container-based (preferred)
 * [KVM2]({{<ref "kvm2.md">}}) - VM-based (preferred)
 * [VirtualBox]({{<ref "virtualbox.md">}}) - VM
-* [QEMU]({{<ref "qemu.md">}}) - VM (experimental)
+* [QEMU]({{<ref "qemu.md">}}) - VM
 * [None]({{<ref "none.md">}}) -  bare-metal
 * [Podman]({{<ref "podman.md">}}) - container (experimental)
 * [SSH]({{<ref "ssh.md">}}) - remote ssh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ To do so, we use the [Docker Machine](https://github.com/docker/machine) library
 * [VirtualBox]({{<ref "virtualbox.md">}}) - VM
 * [Parallels]({{<ref "parallels.md">}}) - VM
 * [VMware Fusion]({{<ref "vmware.md">}}) - VM
-* [QEMU]({{<ref "qemu.md">}}) - VM (experimental)
+* [QEMU]({{<ref "qemu.md">}}) - VM
 * [SSH]({{<ref "ssh.md">}}) - remote ssh
 
 ## Windows
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/qemu.md b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/qemu.md
index 7aa926d94edd..c1b1fe8f58d0 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/drivers/qemu.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/drivers/qemu.md
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ minikube start supports some qemu specific flags:
 The QEMU driver has two networking options, `user` & `socket_vmnet`.
 
 {{% tabs %}}
-{{% tab "user - limited functionality" %}}
-The `user` network is not a dedicated network, it doesn't support some networking commands such as `minikube service` and `minikube tunnel`, and its IP address is not reachable from the host.
-{{% /tab %}}
-{{% tab "socket_vmnet - experimental/needs installation" %}}
+{{% tab "socket_vmnet - needs installation" %}}
 
 ### Requirements
 
@@ -57,6 +54,9 @@ minikube start --driver qemu --network socket_vmnet
 
 The `socket_vmnet` network is a dedicated network and supports the `minikube service` and `minikube tunnel` commands.
 {{% /tab %}}
+{{% tab "user - limited functionality" %}}
+The `user` network is not a dedicated network, it doesn't support some networking commands such as `minikube service` and `minikube tunnel`, and its IP address is not reachable from the host.
+{{% /tab %}}
 {{% /tabs %}}
 
 ## Known Issues

From f4e0de7c2685c8a8e45f58fd2379c251674f8178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Powell <spowellgrr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 08:30:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] change priority to default

---
 pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
index f12a44cb2158..cb16192d0890 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/qemu2/qemu2.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 		Config:   configure,
 		Status:   status,
 		Default:  true,
-		Priority: registry.Preferred,
+		Priority: registry.Default,
 	}); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("register failed: %v", err))
 	}