On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:30:04PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 24 June 2014 18:55, Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 05:47:53PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote: > >> What if different machines in a particular release had the > >> property set to different defaults? > > > > I never saw that happen, and I don't think it is even likely: default > > values set in instance_init, and compat_props are applied just after > > instance_init, before object_new() returns. So a machine-type would need > > to find a way to change fields after instance_init but before > > compat_props are applied. > > OK, yes, that's not going to happen. I had thought they were > applied at the same point as -global settings.
They are. -global settings are also set just after instance_init, and before object_new() returns. Internally, compat_props are translated to global properties. -- Eduardo
