Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Support virtio-scsi-pci adapter hot-plug

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 02:31:00PM +0800, Kelvin Wang wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 05:45:33PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 04:30:06PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > Il 23/05/2012 16:12, Michael S. Tsirkin ha scritto:
> > > >> > 2, Run qemu with the option -monitor.
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > 3, In the guest, insert necessary modules:
> > > >> > for m in acpiphp pci_hotplug; do sudo modprobe ${m}; done
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > 4, In the qemu monitor,hot add a virtio-scsi-pci adapter:
> > > >> > (qemu)pci_add auto storage if=virtio-scsi-pci
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > 5, Check whether the controller was added:
> > > >> > Guest: lspci
> > > >> > Qemu: (qemu)info qtree
> > > >> > 
> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Kelvin Wang <senwang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Sheng Liu <liusheng@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > NAK
> > > > 
> > > > Do not use pci_add. It is a compatibility command.
> > > > Use the new style device_add.
> > > > Same for if=.
> > > > 
> > > > I think you won't need any changes then?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > You don't.  You need to rescan the bus manually in the guest, that's all.
> > > 
> > > Paolo
> > 
> > If the point is to avoid need for manual bus rescans that's
> > good. But please do not touch the legacy commands.
> So, may I sent another patch to "avoid need for manual bus rescans"?

Let's separate bugfixes from adding new commands.

> device_add should be used by users, but another way supplied to users is not
> necessarily, but always harmless, right?

No, it has support costs.

> > If anyone wants to use new devices, new commands
> > drive_add and device_add should be used.
> > Same for command line flags.
> > 
> > -- 
> > MST
> >