From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYBz-0007dV-St for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:51 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYBv-0007Zw-0A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44099 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLYBu-0007Zm-OS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:46 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:56832) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLYBu-00020E-34 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:46 -0400 Message-ID: <4A49C4FB.8070302@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:55:39 +0200 From: Gerd Hoffmann MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH] qdev: add -pcidevice command line option. References: <1246286263-27970-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <4A48D4F3.3030200@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4A48D4F3.3030200@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Markus Armbruster On 06/29/09 16:51, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> -pcidevice ES1370,addr=42 (replaces -audio es1370). >> -pcidevice virtio-balloon-pci (replaces -balloon). >> -pcidevice lsi53c895a,addr=23 (add scsi adapter in specified slot). >> -pcidevice "PIIX3 USB-UHCI" (add second usb bus). > What I would like to see is that this internal mechanism be used to > implement the switches it replaces. That is, -balloon should just add > just be a convenience option that expands to -pcidevice. The same for > -audio. Hmm, I was thinking about dropping the -balloon and -audio switches altogether. Or do we need them for backward compatibility? cheers, Gerd