Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 3/3] virtio-console: Add a new virtserialport device for generic serial port support

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

> @@ -107,3 +107,41 @@ static void virtcon_register(void)
>       virtio_serial_port_qdev_register(&virtcon_info);
>   }
>   device_init(virtcon_register)

> +static VirtIOSerialPortInfo virtserial_port_info = {
> +    .qdev.name     = "virtserialport",
> +    .qdev.size     = sizeof(VirtConsole),
> +    .init          = virtserial_port_initfn,
> +    .have_data     = flush_buf,
> +    .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
> +        DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", VirtConsole, chr),
> +        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("name", VirtIOSerialPort, name),

likewise: DEFINE_PROP_STRING("name", VirtConsole, port.name),

> +static void virtserial_port_register(void)
> +{
> +    virtio_serial_port_qdev_register(&virtserial_port_info);
> +}
> +device_init(virtserial_port_register)

You can simply stick two register calls into the existing init function ...

cheers,
   Gerd