[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] qdev: Reject duplicate and anti-social device IDs

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:09:34 +0200
> Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> wrote:
> 
>> Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>>>  Two bugs that might not be related to this thread:
>>>
>>>   * "id" member is not mandatory for the device_add command:
>>>
>>>     { "execute": "device_add", "arguments": { "driver": "e1000" } }
>>>     {"return": {}}
>> Once we enable qtree paths for device_del, this is no longer an issue,
>> devices will remain addressable.
> 
>  Main point is whether "id" is required or not, I think it should be.

And I think it might be recommended but should become mandatory
(specifically not for HMP).

Jan

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