Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 21/47] hw/char/Kconfig: Add Kconfig file

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

Il 26/08/2013 19:15, Andreas Färber ha scritto:
>> > PCI devices are generally configurable, so you need to add prompts to them.
> IndustryPack is really misplaced in hw/char/ and I believe I posted
> patches to remedy that and let one actually find it in our source tree.
> There were no objections against hw/ipack/, alternatively it could go
> into hw/gpio/. (Currently my patch series is waiting to be respun due to
> changed QOM realize requirements from Anthony.)
> 
> That having being said, IndustryPack does not depend on PCI, only the
> TPCI2000(?) PCI-IndustryPack bridge does.

Both of them are under the same symbol right now.  After all any of the
two is basically unusable without the other, and plans for extension
seem not to exist as even Linux has only that one bridge and one device.

I have no objection to hw/ipack, but I have a question.  Would you
follow the SCSI/USB model (with devices under hw/ipack, also followed
for IndustryPack in the Linux kernel) or the virtio model (where the
device remains under hw/char)?  Generally we've tried to follow Linux
for hw/ structure unless maintainers preferred otherwise, so it would
prefer the former.

Paolo