Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] RAMBlock: Add a name field

Paul Brook
2010-06-09T14:10:01Z

> Keep in mind, this has to be a stable string across versions of qemu
> since this is savevm/migration. Are we absolutely confident that the
> full qdev path isn't going to change? I'm more confident that a unique
> device name is going to be static across qemu versions.

The actual representation of the device address is a secondary issue. The
important point is that ram blocks should be associated with devices[*], and
matched in exactly the same way. Devices should not be duplicating this on an
ad-hoc basis.

Paul

[*] Ignore that we don't currently have a root system device node. A null
device will suffice for now.