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

Avi Kivity
2009-06-15T17:13:18Z

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On 06/15/2009 07:27 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>
> Providing end users with the *option* to choose PCI slots sounds like a
> fine feature request for any management app.
>
> Requiring all management apps to force end users to explicitly choose
> PCI slots in order for slots to be stable is not so reasonable.
>

Think any installer's partitioning utility. It will provide a default
placement and try to hide it from you. If you ask, it will let you
place the partitions yourself.

The management app is the end user's agent. When we push something
there, we allow it to choose something, or push the decision further up
to the user.

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