Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] Revert "PCI: Convert pci_device_hot_add() to QObject"

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 11:59:55AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 05/03/2010 04:29 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> >Why am I proposing to remove pci_add from QMP before its replacement is
> >ready?  I want it out sooner rather than later, because it isn't fully
> >functional (errors and drive_add are missing), and we do not plan to
> >complete the job.  In other words, it's not really usable over QMP now,
> >and it's not what we want for QMP anyway.  Since we don't want it to be
> >used over QMP, we should take it out, not leave it around as a trap for
> >the uninitiated.
> >
> >Anyway, I'll respin with a more verbose commit message, and I'll throw
> >in the buddy patch Revert "monitor: Convert do_pci_device_hot_remove()
> >to QObject".
> >   
> 
> Does libvirt not use pci_add with QMP?

As of QEMU 0.12, libvirt uses -device syntax for everything.

As of QEMU 0.13, libvirt will use QMP for everything (if compiled with
the libyajl JSON library - otherwise text mode only).

When -device is in use, we use device_add exclusively. Therefore,
we will have no need for pci_add & friends when using QMP.


Regards,
Daniel
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