Re: Configuration vs. compat hints [was Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 03/13] qemu: add routines to manage PCI capabilities]

Anthony Liguori
2009-06-15T12:41:05Z

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 06/15/2009 12:08 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>>> This last option makes sense to me: in a real world the user has
>>> control over where he places the device on the bus, so why
>>> not with qemu?
>>>
>>
>> Yep, most people seem to agree that it makes sense to allow this, but
>> some believe it should only be via a machine description file, not the
>> command line.
>>
>
> I don't understand this opposition. It's clear a machine config file
> is a long way in our future. It's also clear lack of stable PCI
> addresses hurts us now.

Is there opposition? I don't ever recall seeing a patch...

I think it's a perfectly fine idea.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori