Re: [Qemu-devel] [BUGFIX][PATCH for 2.2 v5 1/1] -machine vmport=auto: Fix handling of VMWare ioport emulation for xen

[Don Slutz <dslutz@verizon.com>]

On 11/21/14 08:53, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 08:30:58AM -0500, Don Slutz wrote:
>> On 11/20/14 21:01, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 05:32:56PM -0500, Don Slutz wrote:
>>> [...]
[...]
>>>> +    pcms->vmport = ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO;
>>>> +    object_property_add(obj, PC_MACHINE_VMPORT, "str",
>>> I believe "OnOffAuto" is a valid type name, if it is defined in the QAPI
>>> schema.
>> I can only find:
>>
>> qapi-types.h:typedef enum OnOffAuto
>> qapi-types.h:} OnOffAuto;
> I don't understand what you mean, where did you expect to find it? You added it
> to the schema, so it is now a valid type name.
>
>> Which I use to define pcms->vmport.  The best I can translate this is
>> that "str" is what you are looking to replace.
>>
>> So I plan no change here.
> You are not defining a string property, but an OnOffAuto enum property,
> so why use "str"?
>
> See, for example, the type of an existing enum property:
> ide-hd.bios-chs-trans:
>
>    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -device ide-hd,?
>    [...]
>    ide-hd.bios-chs-trans=BiosAtaTranslation (Logical CHS translation algorithm, auto/none/lba/large/rechs)
>    [...]
>    $
>
>
Ok, I now understand what you are getting at.  From object.h:

  * @type: the type name of the property.  This namespace is pretty loosely
  *   defined.  Sub namespaces are constructed by using a prefix and then
  *   to angle brackets.  For instance, the type 'virtio-net-pci' in the
  *   'link' namespace would be 'link<virtio-net-pci>'.

It turns out that BiosAtaTranslation is a .name not a .type:

hyper-0-21-52:~/qemu>git grep BiosAtaTranslation
hw/core/qdev-properties.c:QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(BiosAtaTranslation) 
!= sizeof(int));
hw/core/qdev-properties.c:    .name = "BiosAtaTranslation",
hw/core/qdev-properties.c:    .enum_table = BiosAtaTranslation_lookup,
qapi/block.json:# BiosAtaTranslation:
qapi/block.json:{ 'enum': 'BiosAtaTranslation',


so to me there are a few options:

1) "enum"
2) "OnOffAuto"
3) "enum<OnOffAuto>"
4) "enum OnOffAuto"
5) "enum-OnOffAuto"

I think #2 was what you were thinking of, but I am not sure.  Please advise.

    -Don Slutz