> > My initial concern was that --use-device has 2 different significations, > depending on the format of arguments: > - instanciate a virtual driver if it looks like a vdev name > - add a PCI device to the whitelist if it looks like a pci address I also > find > strange that instanciating a virtual device changes the PCI mode to > whitelist, even if it could be fixed by adding a specific argument for that. > [BR] I agree that having the mode change silently like that was probably not the best design. I therefore, agree that a flag should be used to switch from normal to whitelist mode, I just think that thereafter the devices of whatever type should all be enumerated using a common flag parameter.
> Splitting into two different options looked clearer to me, but this is of > course not a blocking issue for me. > [BR] For me neither, just giving my 2c worth :-).