On 06/15/2009 12:08 PM, Mark McLoughlin wrote: >> This last option makes sense to me: in a real world the user has >> control over where he places the device on the bus, so why >> not with qemu? >> > > Yep, most people seem to agree that it makes sense to allow this, but > some believe it should only be via a machine description file, not the > command line. >
I don't understand this opposition. It's clear a machine config file is a long way in our future. It's also clear lack of stable PCI addresses hurts us now. > However, the first problem is that it isn't a solution to the guest ABI > problem more generally. > pci_addr was never meant to bring world peace, just stable PCI addresses. The other issues should be addressed separately. > And the second problem is that for e.g. libvirt to use it, it would have > to be possible to query qemu for what PCI slots were assigned to the > devices - libvirt would need to be able to parse 'info pci' and match > the devices listed with the devices specified on the command line. > If all devices (including vga, ide) are set up with pci_addr, then this is unneeded. You do need to export available slot numbers from qemu. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
