From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLbKW-0000XB-GN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLbKQ-0000Si-NN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54376 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLbKQ-0000SV-EQ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:46 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:14752) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLbKQ-0005dY-8q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:46 -0400 Received: from mail.codesourcery.com ([65.74.133.4]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLbKP-0001qe-4x for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:16:45 -0400 From: Paul Brook Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] qdev: add -pcidevice command line option. Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:16:40 +0100 References: <1246286263-27970-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1246286263-27970-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200906301216.41794.paul@codesourcery.com> List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Gerd Hoffmann , Markus Armbruster On Monday 29 June 2009, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > Here is a patch adding a generic -pcidevice command line switch. This sort of feature is one of the reasons I object to "partial" qdev conversions. A partially converted device will break in unfriendly ways when you try to instantiate it via this option or a machine config file. Paul