Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] qdev: add driver class support.

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On 07/09/09 15:48, Paul Brook wrote:
>> On Thursday 09 July 2009, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>
>>> I don't think this will work out in the general case.  Some devices 
>>> have
>>> properties which can be used for that, i.e. network cards have a mac
>>> address (no attribute yet but I expect it will come some day).  Not
>>> every device class has specific properties you can use to identify them
>>> though.  How would you identify a sound card for example?
>>
>> Ok, put it annother way: Why do you need to identify them? Why would 
>> libvirt
>> care whether a device is (say) a sound card or a VGA adapter?
>
> Because libvirt-based applications want present that to the user?
>
> The usual GUI workflow for adding devices is a two-step process:  
> First pick the device class, then pick the actual device from a 
> (short) list.

Wouldn't the definitions of classes be something that the GUI would want 
to define?

I think we do want a way to say that this device provides graphics 
capability and have that exposed to through the monitor.  But we also 
have to consider the case where a single device exposes multiple types 
of capabilities.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori