Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Removing based on pci device number is very un-pleasant, since its not 
> something
> the user of the monitor cares about. Nor do they even know what the PCI 
> device number
> assigned by 'pci_add' is.
>
> As with addition, I'd like separate commands for NIC vs Drive, and for the 
> removal
> key to be based upon the same data used for addition. eg so one can remove the
> NIC based on its MAC address, or remove the drive based on the 
> (if,bus,unit,filename)
> data items.
>
>    nic_remove [vlan=n][,macaddr=addr][,model=type]
>    drive_remove [[file=file][,if=type][,bus=n][,unit=m][,media=d][index=i]]
>
> Though, perhaps still allow removal based on the PCI device ID as an 
> alternative
> for those who happen to have that data available.
>   

pci_remove is consistent with usb_del and things like stopcapture.  The 
thing to add would be an "info pci" that let a user associate the slot 
number with higher level information about the device.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Regards,
> Dan.
>   


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