From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49386) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sgcr1-00050Y-Cd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:23:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sgcqv-0001IY-6Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:22:54 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f45.google.com ([209.85.160.45]:44011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sgcqv-0001II-0h for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:22:49 -0400 Received: by pbbro12 with SMTP id ro12so8818321pbb.4 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FDF39B3.9050806@codemonkey.ws> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:22:43 -0500 From: Anthony Liguori MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20120614195458.GB8244@redhat.com> <4FDA4683.6050809@codemonkey.ws> <4FDB77C9.6020901@codemonkey.ws> <20120618142043.GA26540@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20120618142043.GA26540@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] q35 chipset support List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: jan.kiszka@siemens.com, Jason Baron , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Markus Armbruster , yamahata@valinux.co.jp, alex.williamson@redhat.com On 06/18/2012 09:20 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote: >> So we need to fix our topological representation of platform devices >> before we start adding more complex chipsets. Otherwise, we're >> going to end up in a bad situation in the near future. > > OTOH more in-tree examples especially for x86 will keep us > honest: help make sure abstractions make sense, > and prevent people from special casing piix because > this is the prevalent platform for kvm ATM. Yes, more in-tree *correct* examples. I'm very much in favor of merging q35. Regards, Anthony Liguori >