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On 06/16/2009 03:39 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote:

>> Worst case we hardcode those numbers (gasp, faint).
>>      
>
> Maybe we can just add the open slots to the -help output. That'd be nice
> and clean.
>    

Yeah, there's precedent too.

> Or:
>
>    $ readlink /usr/share/qemu/machine-types/pc.dt
>
>    

That works if you have exactly one qemu installed.  It's best if qemu 
itself is the entry point (qemu -print-device-tree).

Though I wouldn't want to inflict it upon the management application 
writers.

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