Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v9 3/3] virtio-console: Add a new virtserialport device for generic serial port support

[Gerd Hoffmann]

@@ -107,3 +107,41 @@ static void virtcon_register(void)
      virtio_serial_port_qdev_register(&virtcon_info);
  }
  device_init(virtcon_register)

+static VirtIOSerialPortInfo virtserial_port_info = {
+    .qdev.name     = "virtserialport",
+    .qdev.size     = sizeof(VirtConsole),
+    .init          = virtserial_port_initfn,
+    .have_data     = flush_buf,
+    .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
+        DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", VirtConsole, chr),
+        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("name", VirtIOSerialPort, name),

likewise: DEFINE_PROP_STRING("name", VirtConsole, port.name),

+static void virtserial_port_register(void)
+{
+    virtio_serial_port_qdev_register(&virtserial_port_info);
+}
+device_init(virtserial_port_register)

You can simply stick two register calls into the existing init function ...

cheers,
  Gerd