Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-24 Thread Markus Armbruster
Markus Armbruster writes: > Anthony Liguori writes: > >> On 05/11/2012 10:22 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: [...] >>> diff --git a/hw/fdc.c b/hw/fdc.c >>> index d9c4fbf..98ff87a 100644 >>> --- a/hw/fdc.c >>> +++ b/hw/fdc.c >>> @@ -54,6 +54,33 @@ >>> /*

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-16 Thread Markus Armbruster
Anthony Liguori writes: > On 05/11/2012 10:22 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy >> devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller >> and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This makes them weird: we need >> -global

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-16 Thread Markus Armbruster
Kevin Wolf writes: > Am 14.05.2012 13:58, schrieb Andreas Färber: >> Am 14.05.2012 10:47, schrieb Kevin Wolf: >>> Am 11.05.2012 17:22, schrieb Markus Armbruster: For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the c

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-14 Thread Anthony Liguori
On 05/11/2012 10:22 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This makes them weird: we need -global to set up floppy drives, unlike every

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-14 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 14.05.2012 13:58, schrieb Andreas Färber: > Am 14.05.2012 10:47, schrieb Kevin Wolf: >> Am 11.05.2012 17:22, schrieb Markus Armbruster: >>> For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy >>> devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller >>> and the drive

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-14 Thread Andreas Färber
Am 14.05.2012 10:47, schrieb Kevin Wolf: > Am 11.05.2012 17:22, schrieb Markus Armbruster: >> For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy >> devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller >> and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This makes them weird: we ne

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-14 Thread Kevin Wolf
Am 11.05.2012 17:22, schrieb Markus Armbruster: > For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy > devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller > and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This makes them weird: we need > -global to set up floppy drives, unlike e

Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-14 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:47:35AM +0200, Kevin Wolf wrote: > Am 11.05.2012 17:22, schrieb Markus Armbruster: > > For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy > > devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller > > and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This m

[Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 2/2] Split fdd devices off the floppy controller

2012-05-11 Thread Markus Armbruster
For historical reasons, and unlike other block devices, our floppy devices isa-fdc, sysbus-fdc and SUNW,fdtwo integrate the controller and the drive(s) in a single qdev. This makes them weird: we need -global to set up floppy drives, unlike every other optional device. This patch explores separat