On 23.01.19 12:03, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:42:48 +0100
> David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> PCI on s390x is really weird and how it was modeled in QEMU might not have
>> been the right choice. Anyhow, right now it is the case that:
>> - Hotplugging a PCI device will silently create a zPCI device
>>   (if none is provided)
>> - Hotunplugging a zPCI device will unplug the PCI device (if any)
>> - Hotunplugging a PCI device will unplug also the zPCI device
>> As far as I can see, we can no longer change this behavior. But we
>> should fix it.
>>
>> Both device types are handled via a single hotplug handler call. This
>> is problematic for various reasons:
>> 1. Unplugging via the zPCI device allows to unplug PCI bridges as
>>    checks are not performed - bad.
> 
> Maybe I'm confused here, but how can a zPCI device couple with a bridge?
> 

I was confused, bridges don't attach to a zPCI device. So this remark is
invalid. Thanks!

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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