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Subject: Re: virtio-pci: add softlinks between virtio and pci
From: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
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On: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 at about 19:17:11 -0000, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> We sometimes need to map between the virtio device and
> the given pci device. One such use is OS installer that
> gets the boot pci device from BIOS and needs to
> find the relevant block device. Since it can't,
> installation fails.
> 

> Supply softlinks between these to make it possible.
> 
> Gleb, could you please ack that this patch below
> will be enough to fix the installer issue that
> you see?
> 

why not remove this device anchor and put the devices
under the pci device?   Proposed patch follows as a
reply.

milton