From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Cc: Alon Levy <alevy@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Should new USB devices such as usb-ccid support legacy -usbdevice?
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:37:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DD24FD6.90108@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3ei3zxcx3.fsf@blackfin.pond.sub.org>
Am 16.05.2011 10:33, schrieb Markus Armbruster:
> Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> writes:
>
>> On 05/13/2011 11:36 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>> When Gerd qdevified USB, he kept legacy -usbdevice working (commit
>>> 0958b4cc...). What about new USB devices? Should they get a legacy
>>> syntax, too?
>>>
>>> The only existing new device is usb-ccid, and it got one in commit
>>> 36707144.
>>
>> What keeps -usbdevice from being a light wrapper to -device such that
>> no future code is needed for this?
>
> What would that buy us? Inhowfar is -usbdevice any lighter than
> -device?
One difference is that it automagically gives you an USB host
controller, whereas with -device you need to specify one explicitly.
Kevin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-17 10:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-13 16:36 [Qemu-devel] Should new USB devices such as usb-ccid support legacy -usbdevice? Markus Armbruster
2011-05-13 16:47 ` Anthony Liguori
2011-05-16 8:01 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2011-05-16 8:33 ` Markus Armbruster
2011-05-17 10:37 ` Kevin Wolf [this message]
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