From: Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>,
Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/22] Refactor machine support
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:36:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006081636.12242.paul@codesourcery.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C0E6199.6030706@codemonkey.ws>
> > Once you eliminate machine_register_core that knowledge has
> >
> > somehow got to come from your device tree description file. Having a
> > single device tree that can morph into significantly different machines
> > seems like unnecessary complexity given this is a user-specified file.
>
> 99% of qemu users will never touch a device tree. The practical matter
> is, we're going to have to provide higher level interfaces that allow a
> user to significantly morph a base device tree into something different.
That's the bit I don't get. Why are we significantly morphing a base device
tree? Surely it's easier to just use a different base tree.
Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-08 15:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-07 23:51 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/22] Refactor machine support Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/22] QemuOpts: fix a bug in QemuOpts when setting an option twice Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 7:51 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 10:32 ` [Qemu-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2010-06-08 13:07 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 13:44 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 15:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 15:37 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 16:04 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 7:01 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 14:38 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-08 15:14 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/22] QemuOpts: make qemu_opts_validate() store the description list for later use Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/22] QemuOpts: add function to set QemuOpts from defaults Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/22] machine: package all init arguments into a QemuOpts (v2) Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/22] machine: pass all init options as a single QemuOpts Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 7:58 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/22] Make -acpi-enable a machine specific option Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/22] machine: introduce -machine option Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/22] machine: implement -kernel/-append/-initrd options in term of -machine Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 09/22] machine: implement -m in terms " Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 10/22] machine: allow boards to specify default values and use it in isapc Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 8:03 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-08 13:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 13:29 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2010-06-07 23:51 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] machine: replace compat_props with opts_default Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 12/22] machine: some sugary macros to simplify machine default options Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 13/22] machine: get rid of global default QEMUMachine members Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 14/22] machine: replace QEMUMachine.use_scsi with -machine default_drive Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 15/22] machine: make max_cpus a -machine option Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 1:01 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-08 1:56 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 2:56 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 7:44 ` Jes Sorensen
2010-06-09 7:47 ` Jes Sorensen
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 16/22] machine: move default machine out of machine definitions Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 17/22] machine: kill machine->alias Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 18/22] machine: final conversion to pure QemuOpts Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 19/22] machine: introduce accel option to allow selection of kvm or tcg Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 20/22] machine: introduce machine core and split qemu_register_machine Anthony Liguori
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 21/22] machine: convert pc machines to split core vs machine API Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 7:51 ` Jes Sorensen
2010-06-07 23:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 22/22] machine: introduce -machine-def option to define a machine via config Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 0:50 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-10 17:48 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2010-06-11 13:03 ` Daniel P. Berrange
2010-06-08 3:12 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/22] Refactor machine support Paul Brook
2010-06-08 10:24 ` [Qemu-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
2010-06-08 14:30 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-08 15:28 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 15:36 ` Paul Brook [this message]
2010-06-08 15:58 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-06-08 16:15 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 21:05 ` Alexander Graf
2010-06-08 21:16 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-08 17:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 2:11 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 13:55 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 14:30 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-09 20:47 ` Blue Swirl
2010-06-09 20:52 ` Anthony Liguori
2010-06-09 21:09 ` Blue Swirl
2010-06-09 22:26 ` Paul Brook
2010-06-08 14:04 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
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2010-06-08 14:49 ` [Qemu-devel] " Paolo Bonzini
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